Pafos Live 28 November 2025
Shortly after 7.00 pm last Thursday, on Andrea Omirou Street, in Paphos, under circumstances investigated by the Police, a 25-year-old man lost control of the car he was driving, which moved to the right side of the road according to its course, as a result of which he crashed into a car parked in a parking lot.
The 25-year-old's car then stopped on the sidewalk, while a fire broke out in the front. The fire was extinguished by members of the Fire Service.
Members of the Police went to the scene for examinations.
The parked vehicle in which the 25-year-old's vehicle collided, moved due to the impact and collided with a second parked car.
The 25-year-old underwent a driving test under the influence of alcohol with an indication of 76 micrograms instead of up to 22 which is the allowed limit. It was also found that the 25-year-old does not hold a driver's license and that he was driving the vehicle without being covered by an insurance certificate.
The 25-year-old was transported by ambulance to a hospital, where he was detained as a precaution for observation.
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The Paphos District Court imposed an 8-month prison sentence on a 28-year-old Georgian man, who was found to be driving under the influence of drugs. At the same time, the young man was given a 4-month driving license suspension as well as 8 penalty points. The defendant was also driving without insurance, an offense for which the Court imposed an additional 4 months in prison, which, however, run concurrently with the main sentence. In addition, another 2 months in prison were imposed for driving without a driver's license, also a concurrent sentence. In total, the 28-year-old will serve an 8-month sentence, since all sentences run concurrently.
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The revelations about the murder of Stavros Demosthenous continue during the impeachment process of the two 28-year-old defendants. Important evidence, such as DNA on a hat and clothes found in a nearby skip, bring the defendants to the center of the case.
It is recalled that the two were taken to court in the morning, under draconian security measures by the authorities. These are two 28-year-old Greek expatriates from Georgia, who are in custody for the murder of 49-year-old Stavros Demosthenous. The role attributed to them by the Police seems decisive in the case.
The investigators of the Limassol Police Department requested that the case be referred to a direct trial before the Permanent Criminal Court, as had been done for the other four defendants.
The Court referred the case for trial before the Limassol Permanent Criminal Court, which is called to meet on January 29, 2026, the same date set for the other four defendants.
The spokesman of the Prosecution Authority, Giannis Argyrou, requested the detention of the two 28-year-old defendants until the trial, citing three reasons: the possibility of evading justice, the possibility of influencing witnesses and the commission of similar offenses. He noted that for detention purposes they mainly invoke the first two reasons. He stressed, in fact, that the defendants face very serious charges, including the most serious of the Criminal Code.
In his speech, he referred to various court decisions, stressing that in this case the defendants are foreigners and were arrested in Greece after the issuance of European warrants.
Subsequently, the representative of the Prosecuting Authority referred to the testimony that exists in the witness material, which – as he said – probably leads to a conviction.
He noted that in the case the "Zorro" hat, which fell during the escape of the perpetrators who were riding the motorcycle after the arson of the van, is one of the most important evidence. DNA of one of the accused, but also of another person, was found on the hat. The hat also bears evidence of a gun discharge. As mentioned in the referral process of the four defendants, the report of the State Chemical Laboratory shows that particles were detected in the hat indicating that it was used either by a person who used a weapon or by someone who was very close to a point from which a gun was fired.
He also referred to the testimony of a person who noticed the occupants of the motorcycle and saw the hat leave the driver's head and fall to the ground.
The evidence found in a skip, near the house of one of the accused, is also important. These are a black sweatshirt, sneakers and a pair of grey glasses with a purple lens. In these presumptions, the genetic material of the second accused, A.Z.
We remind you that a witness, in his testimony, stated that he saw the perpetrator wearing glasses that – according to his description – matched those found.
The representative of the Prosecuting Authority referred to telephone communications that the 31-year-old had with a friend of the 28-year-old A.Z. This is a person with whom A.Z. had, as he said, frequent telephone conversations. This friendly person testified that he spoke with the 31-year-old, who asked him if the 28-year-old had been arrested on October 30 in Thessaloniki. The same person also stated that A.Z. asked him to take him to the port of Kyrenia, as he intended to go to Greece to renew his passport.
Earlier, Mr. Argyrou also referred to the testimonies of relatives of A.Z. after the murder. Specifically, his sister testified that her brother, as usual, was wearing black clothes and shoes, similar to those found on the skip. His mother said that around noon on October 17, her son arrived home, who asked her for his travel documents, telling her that he would go to Greece to renew the passport. In his testimony, the defendant's father said that when he arrived home he was informed by his wife that their son had already left for Greece and was in a hurry. The representative of the Prosecuting Authority also referred to the scene suggestions made by I.Z. on November 22, in relation to the route he followed in the area of Agios Tychonas to buy drugs and the recording of his vehicle from a closed circuit, underlining the importance of the specific points.
He noted that the investigators of the TAE Limassol proceeded to a reconstruction by measuring the time and space from the point where he claimed to have received the drugs, stressing as Mr. Argyrou said that from the representation and the measurements made, it did not take ten seconds, which shows that the vehicle did not stop at all.
It should be noted that the representative of the Prosecution referred the Court to the voluminous witness material and the important evidence resulting from the closed surveillance circuits, which record the routes of the vehicles involved.
The process is ongoing.
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The Paphos Criminal Court today sentenced a 25-year-old woman to 11 years in prison, after finding her guilty of the offenses of conspiracy to commit a felony, illegal importation of drugs, illegal possession of drugs and illegal possession of drugs for the purpose of supplying to other persons.
The 25-year-old had arrived at Paphos airport on August 10, 2025 and was arrested when, after a check carried out in her luggage, a quantity of cannabis weighing approximately 24 kilograms was found.
The search of the 25-year-old's luggage was carried out by the Police and the Customs Department, as part of their cooperation and coordinated actions to identify persons who import drugs into the Republic. During the investigation, 40 nylon packages containing cannabis, with a total gross weight of 24 kg, were located and confiscated.
The 25-year-old was arrested under a court warrant and taken into custody to facilitate investigations.
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The causes of death of the 49-year-old woman from Norway, who was found dead in the bathroom of her apartment in Paralimni early in the afternoon, have not been clarified.
According to information, in the house where she lived, there was a lot of clutter and broken objects and this is one of the reasons why the possibility of criminal activity remains open.
The woman was found shortly before 2 pm by a familiar face, who managed to enter from the balcony of her apartment located on the first floor of an apartment building. This person found her dead in the bathroom and informed the Police. According to information, the woman was wearing a blouse and was naked from the waist down.
The exact causes of her death will be determined tomorrow during the legal autopsy on her body, which will be carried out at 11:30 in the morning by the medical examiners Angeliki Papetta and Orthodoxos Orthodoxou. The two also did an autopsy on the scene that remains blocked.
Extensive searches of the apartment were also carried out by members of the Criminal Investigation Service of the Police Headquarters, who received evidence for scientific examinations.
The woman, who was facing health problems, had not given signs of life in the last twenty-four hours and had not come to a hospital where she had scheduled surgery.
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The Limassol area turned into a battlefield at midnight, when wild incidents broke out outside the Apollon club that were more reminiscent of an organized appointment than a random fight. A group of hooded men, according to the Police, AEL fans, seem to have moved in a coordinated manner to raid the spot, but the Apollonists were already waiting for them there, ready for a clash.
The fans of the two teams were caught red-handed using sticks and various objects, while the toll of the incident is damage to 11 vehicles.
According to the Police, around 12 midnight, hooded men went outside the Apollon club, on Messolonghi Street, in the city center. There, the perpetrators threw firecrackers and Molotov cocktails and clashed with Apollon fans, who, according to testimony obtained by the Police, were waiting for them inside the premises.
The two teams clashed and were caught red-handed, resulting in damage to 11 vehicles that were outside the club's surroundings.
Police forces rushed to the scene, which cordoned off the scene. Upon arrival, the hooded men were chased, but managed to leave the scene. The scene remains under guard to this day, so that on-site examinations and investigations can be carried out by the members of the Police. At the same time, the closed circuits of surveillance in the area will also be examined, in an effort to identify the perpetrators or even their vehicles.
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Two people, aged 24 and 23, were arrested on Thursday by the Police to facilitate investigations in a case involving failure to comply with a signal by members of the Game Service, causing a road collision and leaving a tent.
According to the data under examination, around 2:45 in the morning of November 26, members of the Service were in a prohibited hunting area in the province of Limassol, when they spotted a car without registration plates moving suspiciously, which had a front headlight running. At the same time, a shot was heard that allegedly came from the place where the specific vehicle was.
The gamekeepers signalled the driver to stop for a check, however he tried to escape by speeding. During his escape, the vehicle crashed into an official car of the Game Service, causing material damage. A chase ensued, but it was not possible to stop the vehicle.
The case was reported to the Police and as part of the investigation, testimony involving the two young men was secured. Arrest warrants were issued against them and today they were located and arrested. They are being held to facilitate investigations.
The case is being investigated by the Kalo Chorio Police Station.
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An important development in the ongoing investigations into the murder of 26-year-old Alexandros Antoniou in Konia, Paphos, is today's discovery of the knife that is considered the instrument of murder. The knife was found in an area of Tsada, near the Paphos - Polis Chrysochous road.
The location, according to police sources, was indicated today by the 58-year-old prisoner as a suspect in the premeditated murder of the 26-year-old and then intensive investigations began with the participation of employees of the Community Council of Tsada. Members of the Paphos Police Department finally located the knife under a tree in an area of Tsada that is not adjacent to residential developments or other activities in the afternoon.
Police in Limassol were on Thursday intensifying investigations into a series of arson attacks that gutted four vehicles valued at over €1.5 million, among them a Lamborghini, in an incident possibly tied to the murder of businessman Stavros Demosthenous last month.
CCTV recorded the arsonist’s movements as he entered a fenced parking area in Mouttagiaka shortly before midnight, dousing the vehicles in what is assumed to be petrol.
The footage shows the perpetrator, dressed in black and wearing a hood, moving between the parked cars moments before a private security guard spots him. The guard appears to call out to the suspect, who attempts to flee.
Seconds later, the vehicles are engulfed in flames, and the guard attempts to pursue the suspect on foot.
The fire brigade and police force were notified at 11.46pm, with all five vehicles destroyed by the blaze.
The owners include a foreign businessman said to be a close associate of murdered 49-year-old Demosthenous.
Authorities are examining all possible motives, including whether the arson was intended as a warning.
No hard evidence has yet emerged linking the incident to the October 17 murder of Demosthenous.
A separate fire at 3.25am damaged a car belonging to a 20-year-old in another area of Limassol, causing minor damage to a nearby vehicle.
Police have not yet determined whether the two cases are connected, and investigations are ongoing.
Later in the day, assistant chief of Limassol police and head of the CID Lefteris Kyriacou confirmed the four cars at the first site belong to a 40-year-old Limassol businessman.
Asked by journalists if the incident might be connected to Demosthenous’ murder, Kyriacou said only that “all possibilities are being looked at, however at this time there is no testimony linking the two cases”.
He added: “As to the rest, regarding associations and some other business activities, this is all under investigation.”
The CID officer said the four cars were completely destroyed by the flames.
Police gathered a number of items of evidence from the scene.
Asked by media whether the vehicles were insured, Kyriacou said police would clear this up with the owner when they interview him.
Six persons are currently in police custody in connection with the gunning down of Demosthenous last month.
These are two 28-year-olds arrested in Greece under a European arrest warrant and since extradited to Cyprus; a 51-year-old whose DNA was found in a stolen vehicle linked to the case; a 31-year-old who allegedly acquired fake licence plates for the same vehicle; and two 30-year-olds.
One of the two 30-year-olds is a convict suspected of having ordered the hit from within the central prisons. The other is alleged to have purchased and sold the motorcycle used in the perpetrators’ escape.
Four of the suspects have already been charged and will face trial before Limassol district court on January 29. The other two – the 28-year-olds – have yet to be indicted.
Police investigations have so far revealed that the bullets that killed Demosthenous were likely fired from a van that was driving right in front of the car that he and his son were in.
The van was later found to have been torched, while a motorcycle, also believed to have been used in the killing, was found abandoned in the Limassol area.
