Psychiatrist says man who killed pensioner is responsible for his actions
A man who admitted killing a pensioner by jumping on his chest and setting his house alight knew what he was doing despite having learning...
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AG raises possibility of appeal in Rottweiler case
Attorney-general Costas Clerides on Tuesday said he would examine the possibility of filing an appeal against the acquittal by the Paphos criminal court of a...
Paphos court acquits Rottweiler owner of manslaughter
The Paphos criminal court on Monday acquitted 28-year-old Marios Panayiotou of the manslaughter of Petrana Milchova Nikolova, who is believed to have been mauled to...
Driver in fatal crash to remain in custody until March manslaughter trial
The trial of the 50-year-old Russian man arrested last Saturday in connection with a car crash which killed Panayiotis Christoforou, 27, will start on March...
Driver arrested, investigated for manslaughter after fatal crash
Police on Friday arrested a 50-year-old man in connection with manslaughter, after the death of 27-year-old Panayiotis Christophorou in a road crash on the motorway...
Manslaughter suspect to remain in custody until trial
The 40-year-old man from Limassol arrested on charges of manslaughter in connection with the death last year of an 18-year-old who had bought methamphetamine from...
Supreme court overturns manslaughter verdict in Limassol killings, cites premeditation
The supreme court on Wednesday accepted the attorney-general’s appeal against the initial decision of the Limassol criminal court which ruled that the killing of three...
Father pleads guilty in infant death, mother not prosecuted
The attorney-general suspended the prosecution of a 29-year-old woman who was a suspect in the death last year of her three-month old baby. Her husband,...
Two jailed for 11 and 13 years for 2016 manslaughter of Latvian man
Two men, both Polish nationals, were sentenced to 11 and 13 years in prison on Thursday for the manslaughter of a Latvian man in Limassol...
Drugs suspect arrested after raid on ‘fortress’ home
Police on Thursday arrested a 27-year-old man during a raid of his fortress-style home in Nicosia in connection with drug offences and the recent death...
Father sentenced to ten years for fatally shooting son (Updated)
The Limassol criminal court sentenced 71-year-old Timoleon Themistocleous to ten years in prison on Wednesday after he was found guilty in March of killing his...
Father guilty of manslaughter in son’s death
A 71-year-old man was found guilty on Thursday of the manslaughter of his 20-year-old son in Paramytha, Limassol in 2015. The Limassol criminal court found Timoleon...
Man guilty of manslaughter
A 40-year-old man was found guilty of attempted manslaughter on Friday after he tried to kill his partner’s 16-year-old son. Paphos criminal court is set...
Video shows care home resident was left on floor for hours
A 27-year-old Sri Lankan woman, working as a carer in a Limassol nursing home and arrested over the strangulation of one of its residents,...
Two Russians face trial after man found dead with knife in chest
Two Russian men will face trial in the Larnaca criminal court over the murder of Bulgarian Daniel Nikolov, 51, in the victim’s home earlier this...
Manslaughter charges possible in Grenfell Tower fire disaster
The criminal investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire that killed about 80 people in London in June could result in manslaughter charges, but any prosecutions...
Man guilty of manslaughter in road death (Updated)
A 50-year-old man was found guilty on Thursday in the death of a motorist in 2015, killed after the defendant, high on drugs, slammed into...
Sixteen years for man who killed former partner in acid attack (Updated)
The Nicosia criminal court jailed a 46-year-old Romanian man for 16 years on Wednesday for killing a woman in an acid attack last October...
‘I’m innocent,’ says defendant in Rosca manslaughter case
A 27-year-old man accused of being the instigator of a burglary that led to the death of a Moldovan woman, 36, in Larnaca in 2015...
Pensioner pleads guilty to manslaughter in wife killing
AN 80-year-old man pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Wednesday, after he killed his wife in her Pervolia home last month. Asked by prosecutors if he...
