BoC trial postponed pending appeal of former execs’ acquittal
Following a motion by state prosecutors, Nicosia criminal court on Monday again adjourned the proceedings in the third case against Bank of Cyprus (BoC) and...
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Drugs defendants acquitted after evidence burns in court fire, state to appeal (updt)
The state will appeal a criminal court decision to acquit two defendants charged with drugs trafficking offences after the evidence in the case was destroyed...
Supreme Court rejects Astrasol appeal over Latsia cancer cluster
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal filed by the attorney-general and Astrasol over the company’s responsibility for creating a cancer cluster in the...
State appeals shoe factory verdict
The state has filed an appeal against a court decision late last year which found that government departments and a now-defunct shoe factory in Nicosia...
Supreme Court upholds decision to free paedophile
The Supreme Court has upheld a decision to suspend the two-and-a-half-year jail term given to a 32-year-old paedophile, also rejecting an appeal against the sentence...
Judges consider HK double murder appeal by former British banker
Three judges in Hong Kong‘s Court of Appeal are set to decide the fate of a former British banker who was jailed for life last year for...
No recount in last year’s mayoral poll in Limassol (Updated)
The election court on Thursday rejected an appeal requesting a recount of votes in last year’s mayoral election in Limassol. The appeal had been filed...
Myanmar men appeal death sentences over UK murders in Thailand
Two men from Myanmar convicted of killing two British backpackers on a Thai holiday island in 2014 submitted their final appeal on Monday against the death sentence....
Turkish court declines to hear referendum appeal – Anadolu
A Turkish court declined to hear an appeal by the main opposition party challenging the acceptance of unstamped ballots in the referendum to expand President...
Appeal against a town planning decision
A person affected by a town planning decision regarding his application for the issue of a town planning permit to develop his immovable property can...
Rape priest’s appeal rejected, sentence upheld
An appeals court in Nicosia rejected a priest’s appeal against his conviction for the rape of his niece citing DNA evidence. The court upheld the...
Man jailed for importing industrial hemp freed on appeal
Thirty-six-year-old Photis Andreou, who was jailed in June after a court ruled that the industrial hemp he had imported as a tea was an...
Judge rejects prosecutor request to appeal Pistorius sentence
A South African judge dismissed on Friday a request by state prosecutors to appeal Oscar Pistorius’ six-year murder sentence, the latest twist in a trial...
Former Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic appeals genocide conviction
The former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has appealed his conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity, saying the international war crimes court that convicted...
Hemp farmer to appeal imprisonment
Lawyers have started the appeals process at the Supreme Court for the case of Photis Andreou, the hemp farmer from Avgorou who was jailed last...
Erdogan loses appeal to obtain injunction against Springer CEO
A German court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan after he was denied an injunction to prevent the chief executive of...
Fan card tenders on hold after successful appeal by rival bidder
The tenders process over the administration of the controversial ‘football fan card’, won by Greek consortium Space Hellas-HTE, was cancelled and will have to be...
Court of Appeal expected to rule on Monday in Hadjicostis murder case
The Court of Appeal is on Monday expected to issue its decision on hearing the appeal of four people convicted in the murder of Sigma...
Poland to appeal court decision not to extradite Polanski to US
Poland will appeal a court decision not to extradite filmmaker Roman Polanski to the United States over a 1977 child sex conviction, Justice Minister Zbigniew...
Supreme Court reserves judgement in Skordelli appeal
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved judgement to a later date having heard the appeals against the convictions for the 2010 murder of Sigma boss...