Crime

Paphos District Court on Wednesday imposed a 15-month prison sentence to a 74-year-old woman for causing the death of a 10-year-old schoolgirl. According to police spokesman Michalis Nikolaou, the 74-year-old ...

The trial of Sefer Bugra Altundag, who stands accused of murdering 16-year-old Turkish Cypriot girl Zehie Helin Reessur in January, has been transferred to the Trikomo high criminal court. The ...

A Turkish Cypriot man has received a fine after winning €79,000 at a casino in the north. Turkish Cypriots are not allowed to use casinos in the north, and despite this, ...

The north’s central prison is currently housing over 200 more inmates than its stated capacity, according to its director Fatih Erdogan. Speaking to a panel of judges, Erdogan said the ...

A man, named as 39-year-old Murat Serifoglu, was remanded in custody for two days in the north on Wednesday in connection with a police investigation into an explosion which occurred ...

A woman whose ten-year-old daughter drowned in a swimming pool in Paphos admitted on Wednesday to the charge of causing death by negligence. The 42-year-old mother appeared on Tuesday before ...

A trial for 17 people involved in the violence in Chlorakas, Paphos is set to start on September 20, as the case was filed with the Paphos District Court on Wednesday. According ...

Three people were arrested in two separate cases after a total of 7.3 kg of cannabis were detected in Famagusta and Nicosia on Tuesday. Customs authorities carrying out checks ascertained that ...

A company in Limassol lost €17,350 after falling victim to a financial scam carried out by individuals posing as the owners of a Saudi Arabian firm, it emerged on Tuesday. As ...

Police on Monday confiscated a large amount of duty-free cigarettes and tobacco packets from a vehicle driven by a 34-year-old man, on the Nicosia-Limassol highway. According to police statement, around 6.30...

Police in Paphos on Monday arrested a 34-year-old man for an investigated case of burglary. According to the police, the complaint was filed on July 30, by a 28-year-old man, that ...

Paphos police on Monday arrested a person for allegedly kidnapping a 24-year-old woman and attempting to force her into a sexual relationship with him. According to Paphos CID chief Michalis ...

Two men, aged 22 and 21, were arrested in Kyrenia on Monday for stealing a cat. The theft occurred at around midnight on August 31, when the cat, named Bob, was taken from ...

Police in Limassol are investigating a case of potential online fraud and embezzlement following a complaint from a 42-year-old man on Monday who tried to invest more than €30,000 in cryptocurrency. ...

A 20-year-old British tourist reported she was ganged raped at her Ayia Napa hotel in Cyprus, it emerged on Monday. Five Israeli nationals were arrested and remanded for eight days ...

A 42-year-old man suspected of being involved in an attempted murder in Xylotymbou last week was remanded for eight days by the Famagusta District Court, police said on Monday. According ...

Police in Paphos on Monday announced the arrest of a 28-year-old woman for investigation into a case of burglary, theft and fraudulent payment. According to the police, on September 3, a 31...

Heightened checks and patrols over the last three days in Paphos resulted in a total of seven arrests police announced on Monday. The operations focused on the communities of Chlorakas, ...

A fire broke out shortly before midnight on Sunday in a restaurant in Paphos, which was extinguished before it could spread. According to the police, the fire was called in ...

Shameful images from the riots The anti-immigrant protest held in Limassol on Friday night revealed a rampant extremism that had no qualms about destroying everything in sight, and a shocking ...

Man also fined for smuggling yoghurt A fine of €15,000 was imposed on a 69-year-old man and a 50-year-old woman who were found in possession of untaxed tobacco products on Thursday. ...

A man has been sentenced to ten months in jail in the north for escaping from a Covid-19 quarantine hotel. The man, named as Duran Gul, escaped from the Mavi ...

A man appeared in court in Morphou on Friday after being arrested for challenging the police to a duel. The man was arrested on charges of being drunk and disorderly, ...

Sixteen-year-old Turkish Cypriot girl Zehie Helin Reessur, who was murdered in January saw her killer “as a brother”, according to testimonies heard in court on Thursday. In the latest hearing ...