New court to speed up justice should be operational by year’s end
By George Psyllides An administrative court expected to lighten the Supreme Court’s workload and help speed up dispensation of justice will be up and running...
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Charge sheet on police officers filed at Paphos court
Charges against the two policemen who were caught on CCTV cameras brutally beating a 26-year-old man with a baton at the Polis Chrysochous police station...
Rowdy ex boyfriend held over for trial on assault charges
A man, aged 31, was in custody on Tuesday, held over for trial until September 1, in connection with allegations of domestic violence, illegal entry...
Jewel thieves referred for trial
Three men have been referred to trial before the Limassol Criminal Court in connection with the theft in Limassol of a briefcase containing jewellery and...
Mother charged with kidnapping her son
The 35-year-old woman from the UK who was arrested on Wednesday after being reported by her former partner for taking their eight-year-old child out of...
Remand for mother after child-kidnap allegation
A 35-year-old woman from the UK was remanded in custody for one day on Thursday for allegedly taking her eight-year old son out of the...
Four days remand in connection with arson attack
By George Psyllides A 27-year-old was on Thursday remanded in custody for four days by a Larnaca court in connection with an arson attack perpetrated...
Six day remand for suspected co-op embezzler
By Evie Andreou A 46-year-old employee of the Famagusta-Larnaca co-op bank was remanded on Thursday for six days in connection to the suspected embezzlement of...
Thirteen people jailed for trafficking and sexual exploitation
Thirteen people received sentences ranging from nine months to three years by the Limassol district court on Wednesday after being found guilty of human trafficking...
Court told of bungled attempt to rob elderly jewellery shop owner
By Angelos Anastasiou After extracting confessions from two of the three suspects arrested in connection with the theft of a 70-year-old jeweller’s briefcase, which contained...
Questions asked over protection of children ‘forced to beg’
By Andria Kades AUTHORITIES were slammed on Saturday for not acting quickly to protect two minor siblings allegedly forced to beg outside a supermarket for...
Remand for truck driver in fatal accident
A truck driver aged 53 who collided with a car on the Limassol to Paphos motorway was remanded on Friday for three days by Paphos district court....
No sign yet of extradition order from Russia
By Elias Hazou Cypriot authorities have yet to receive an official extradition request from Russia for Andrey Nekrasov, a journalist and political activist currently being...
Fan banned from games until October
A Larnaca court has banned a 20-year-old football fan from entering stadiums until October, after he was arrested for trying to smuggle flares into a...
Jailed teen killer sentenced again for car theft and drug offences
The Larnaca court on Wednesday handed down another two-year sentence for car thefts and drug offences to Alexis Anastasiou, 17 who was jailed for 17 years...
Suspected would-be burglar nabbed outside Larnaca shop
A 21-year-old man was arrested outside a shop in Larnaca after police suspected he was about to break in to the premises in the early...
Suspected family of abusers denied bail, held until trial
The father, mother and two sons suspected of sexually abusing extended family members and other minors between 1992 and 2002 will remain in custody until...
Alleged abuse family referred for trial (update 2)
By Andria Kades The father, mother and two sons suspected of sexually abusing extended family members and other minors between 1992 – 2002 are due...
Teenager jailed for 17 years (updated)
By Andria Kades Alexis Anastasiou, 17, found guilty of manslaughter for stabbing to death British Cypriot Michael Antony Louis Mina, 22, in Larnaca last November...
New hearing for alleged family of abusers after lawyer quits
By Andria Kades A court hearing for the family of four investigated for sexually abusing relatives and other minors has been postponed again after one...
