Filenews 8 February 2025
The 37-year-old man was detained for four days on suspicion of attempted murder and acts of intent to cause grievous bodily harm to a 55-year-old British man.
The suspect was brought on Saturday morning (8/2) before the Limassol District Court for a detention order. His lawyer did not object to the request, and the Court granted the request.
According to the facts of the case, the suspect spotted yesterday afternoon the 55-year-old walking on a farm field in Souni, with his dogs with him. At one point, he approached him and told him to walk through his paddock, as his dogs were aggressive and might attack his. The Briton allegedly insulted him, resulting in an argument. The suspect drove away, but returned a short time later when he spotted the 55-year-old walking down the street and hit him with his vehicle.
The complainant, after noting the registration number of the suspect's vehicle, searched instagram for information about his identity. After recognizing him, he filed a complaint with the police.
The suspect was arrested and questioned claimed that the complainant was standing in the middle of the road and would not let him pass. He also claimed that he lightly touched him with the bumper of his vehicle.
It is recalled that, according to the 55-year-old's complaint to the Police, the incident took place around 3 pm, while he was in a rural area in Souni in the Limassol district for a walk with his dogs. The 37-year-old allegedly drove his vehicle towards him and hit him. According to the complainant, earlier the driver had remarked to him not to take his dogs to the area.
The 55-year-old went to Limassol General Hospital, where it was found that he suffered bruising on his left leg. After receiving first aid, he was discharged.
Members of the Police arrived at the scene of the incident for examinations, while the 37-year-old was arrested at dawn with a court arrest warrant and detained to facilitate interrogations.
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A fire broke out shortly after 10 p.m. in a carpentry shop in the Community of Sia. Three manned fire trucks of Nicosia fire stations rushed to the spot.
According to the police, from testimony received it appears that one of the owners attacked a firefighter who asked him to move away from the fire. The firefighter was taken to hospital, where he was diagnosed with knee, shoulder blade and elbow injuries.
According to police, they are expected to take statements about the incident.
According to the spokesman of the Fire Brigade, Andreas Kettis, the premises, its equipment and contents suffered extensive damage from the fire. 4 cylinders of compressed gases were removed from the premises. A neighbouring house that was in very close proximity was protected. To extinguish the fire, water pipe lines were installed, foam was produced and breathing apparatus was used.
Meanwhile, fire brigades with two vehicles are still operating at the scene. The final extinguishing of the fire is expected for examinations to determine the causes that caused the fire by the Police.
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The Larnaca Permanent Assize Court yesterday imposed a 12-year prison sentence on a 23-year-old British man, who was found guilty of illegally importing about 20kg of cannabis through Larnaka airport.
According to the details of the case, the young man arrived in Cyprus on the morning of December 11, 2023 on a flight from abroad. Following information, he was searched by members of the Police and the Customs Department, where packages with cannabis with a total gross weight of 22 kg were found in his luggage.
The 23-year-old was arrested for offences relating to the illegal import and possession of drugs with intent to supply to other persons.
His case was taken to the Larnaca Permanent Assize Court, which, after finding him guilty, yesterday imposed a 12-year prison sentence.
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The Permanent Assize Court of Famagusta yesterday imposed a three-year prison sentence on a Syrian national who was found guilty of the offence of causing the death by negligence of a three-year-old girl, also from Syria. The maximum statutory penalty for the offence of causing death by negligence (Article 210 of the Criminal Code) is four years' imprisonment or a fine of €4,250. The case relates to the arrival of 60 Syrian migrants in the Republic by sea. The convict had taken over as captain of the wooden boat carrying the Syrian migrants, which on January 18, 2024 left Lebanon for Cyprus.
According to the facts of the case, the convicted person failed to ensure the safe navigation of the vessel, as well as measures to ensure the safety of passengers against possible dangers at sea, since, without possessing sufficient qualifications for such an undertaking, he undertook to navigate the overloaded vessel, without it meeting the minimum technical and construction specifications for offshore travel, without being equipped with the necessary navigational instruments, means of navigation, rescue and communication, without medicines, as well as without sufficient quantities of drinking water and food in proportion to the number of passengers, while at some point instructing the passengers to dispose of the remaining quantity of bottled drinking water so as to eliminate any evidence that betrayed the country of departure of the boat, especially Lebanon.
Consequently, when the boat's engine failed during the voyage, it sailed for six days on the open sea, adrift, helpless, exposed to adverse weather conditions, without orientation, without food and drinking water for the passengers, most of whom started drinking their urine as well as water from the sea. Tragically, the death from dehydration of the three-year-old girl, who was accompanied by her mother. The little girl ended up in Makarios hospital where she was airlifted after the boat was spotted by the authorities of the Republic.
On behalf of the Attorney General of the Republic, the case was handled by Mr. Adamos Demosthenous, Lawyer of the Republic.
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Cyprus Mail
The police believe there was “malicious intent” behind a fire which broke out in a high school in Limassol shortly after midnight on Saturday.
The fire broke out in a classroom at 12.30am, with an overnight security guard noticing it and alerting the fire brigade.
They rushed to the scene and managed to contain the fire before it spread to other classrooms, though it did cause damage to school equipment and furniture.
The police say the perpetrator or perpetrators broke a window and set fire to the broken glass using a “flammable material”, before also breaking another classroom’s window, but failing to set fire to it.
The perpetrators are believed to me “young males”. The police’s investigation into the matter is ongoing.
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A 23-year-old man from Nicosia was arrested in Larnaca for illegal drug possession on Thursday.
Police were operating a patrol in Athinon avenue, when they stopped the 23-year-old driver.
A search of his car revealed that the man was carrying a folding bat while he also had a nylon bag of cannabis inside of his waist bag.
The man was arrested and charged in writing, while he will be summoned to court at a later date.
