Crime

A 30-year-old woman jumped out of the first-floor balcony to escape her violent husband, Nicosia district court heard on Sunday. The woman was found injured on a street in Nicosia’...

The truth must shine over what happened to Thanasis Nicolaou, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday, as he stressed the newly appointed investigators must begin work immediately. Christodoulides was responding ...

A total of four televisions fell victim to hooligan vandalism on Thursday night in Limassol during tit-for-tat aggression between fans of local sports clubs Apollon and Ael. Limassol police said ...

By Robert Morgan Police arrested a 46-year-old Paphos woman for theft from her employer on Friday. The woman had worked at a bakery near Polis Chrysochous and was reported on ...

Schools across Cyprus received bomb threats by email on Friday morning. The bomb threats are so far believed to be hoaxes, though some schools immediately took measures and evacuated children ...

A 19-year-old male was arrested on Thursday evening in connection with thefts from three cars. The thefts took place between November and December last year. The police’s investigation into ...

Ten people suspected of alleged involvement in the attempted murder of Demetris Andronikou, aka Demetroui, were remanded by the Nicosia court for eight days on Thursday. The attempted murder took ...

A 48-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Thursday by the Nicosia district court for being allegedly involved in a case of phone fraud involving individuals impersonating doctors. The ...

The fire in Limassol’s Turkish Cypriot quarters appears to have been set deliberately, it emerged on Thursday. The flames caused the old Apollon cinema’s roof to collapse, while ...

The Paphos criminal court on Wednesday handed down sentences of 15 and nine years in prison to two men aged 27 and 35 respectively, after finding them guilty of charges related to drug ...

Three people aged 32, 46, and 50 will go on trial in December before the Larnaca district court for charges related to extortion and threat of violence, stemming from incidents that took place ...

The Famagusta district court issued detention orders for two individuals for an investigated case of possession and transport of a weapon to incite terror. The two persons, a 23-year-old and ...

Police on Monday arrested a man in connection with a case of forgery, circulating a forged document, impersonation, assaulting a police officer, resisting lawful arrest and carrying a weapon. This 39...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 25-year-old man man for possession of illegal drugs with intent to supply, money laundering and traffic offences after a car chase. Officers located the man ...

A 66-year-old man is expected to be brought before the Nicosia District Court on Tuesday for an investigated case of car arson. The man was arrested on Tuesday and he ...

The court of appeal on Monday reduced the sentence handed down to a convicted paedophile by six months. The court found that the court of first instance had “incorrectly evaluated” ...

Two men who stormed into an Ayia Napa store with a knife and iron bar demanding money were remanded in Famagusta court for eight days on Monday. The two, aged 23, ...

Police on Sunday arrested a 37-year-old man as the suspect in the case of theft of cables and tools worth €140,000. According to the police, the theft was committed last July ...

Measures taken to combat crime and ensure the public’s’ safety are constantly evaluated for their effectiveness, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Sunday. “Measures are taken constantly, which are ...

Three people from Paphos who were arrested on Thursday on suspicion of having carried out 20 burglaries were handed eight-day remands on Saturday. The trio, a 36-year-old woman and two men ...

A 27-year-old man was arrested in connection with a robbery which took place in Larnaca on Monday, police announced on Saturday. The man had reportedly robbed a 31-year-old woman at ...

Five people were arrested in Paphos on Friday night following an incident involving the throwing of rocks and pieces of wood due to a reported financial dispute. A policeman on ...

An 82-year-old man from Paphos was remanded in custody for six days on Saturday after having been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. The incident took place in the early ...

A 73-year-old man has been jailed by the Famagusta district court for six months for the illegal employment of a foreign worker, it was announced on Friday. The man had ...