Appeal in Hadjicostis murder case rejected (Updated)
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a prior verdict which had found four people guilty of conspiring to murder Sigma boss Andis Hadjicostis in January...
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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...
Hamas executes three convicted Palestinians in Gaza
Security forces from the Islamist group Hamas executed three convicted Palestinians at dawn on Tuesday, a move condemned by local and international human rights groups...
Tensions high at Larnaca murder hearing
Police clashed with relatives of murder victim Panagiotis Christodoulou, 38 on Thursday when they began attacking suspected killer Giorgos Xiourouppas after he walked into the...
Larnaca murder suspect arrested (update 4)
Police on Monday arrested a man wanted for the murder of 40-year-old Panayiotis Christodoulou, which took place in Larnaca earlier in the day. Christodoulou, who...
Man, 21, found guilty of slaying his mother
A criminal court in the Sovereign Base Area (SBA) in Dhekelia on Thursday found a 21-year-old Iraqi national guilty of slaying his mother, and will...
Family of murder victims report woman to police for insulting their memory
Family of Limassol triple murder victims have reported Marianta Georgiou – the woman largely named as the main cause behind the violent incident – to...
Limassol murder trial postponed
The trial for the triple murder in Limassol in November was postponed on Tuesday. Under the escort of a strong police presence, defendant Christakis Thoma...
17 years for man who killed aunt and uncle
A 30-year-old who pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges in relation with killing his aunt and uncle in Pitsilia in May last year was jailed by...
Appeal opens in Hadjicostis murder case, Skordelli taken ill (Updated)
The Supreme Court on Wednesday began hearing the appeals against the convictions for the 2010 murder of Sigma boss Andis Hadjicostis. Appealing the June, 2013...
Three arrested in connection with Pyla murder
POLICE on Thursday arrested three men, and were searching for two more, thought to be linked to the murder of a 40-year-old man in the...
Man remanded after shooting wife
The Larnaca District Court on Friday ordered the eight-day remand of Yiangos Katsaris, 80, who murdered his wife Zoe on Thursday morning outside her home...
Investigation into Pyla area murder continues
Police on Thursday continued their investigation into what appears to be the gangland murder of 40-year-old man in the Pyla area. Giorgos Georgiou, aka Chiquito,...
Pyla murder victim was shot sniper-style from 100 metres (updated)
Police on Wednesday continued their investigation into the murder of a 40-year-old man on Tuesday evening in the Pyla area who appears to have been shot sniper-style from a...
Man murdered outside his home in Pyla
A 40-year-old man was murdered in Pyla, Larnaca, shortly after 9pm Tuesday, police said. According to police sources, the man was murdered in a seemingly...
Indian man kills 14 members of own family, then hangs himself
A man in India stabbed 14 members of his own family to death, including seven children, before hanging himself, police said on Sunday, in one...
Serious crime down by 28 per cent, minister says
Serious crime in Nicosia is down 28 per cent, burglaries more than a third, and traffic accidents by 18 per cent, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou...
Cypriot man makes it into Europe’s newly-launched ‘Most Wanted’ list
A Cypriot man, a convicted rapist and murderer, has been included on the EU’s ‘Most Wanted’ list, launched this weekend. Among the 45 suspects currently...
India court sentences three to death for student rape, murder
By Sujoy Dhar An Indian court sentenced three men to the death penalty for raping and killing a 20-year-old woman in a case that sparked...
Ivorian ex-president pleads not guilty to war crimes
By Thomas Escritt Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo pleaded not guilty to charges of planning post-election violence that left 3,000 dead, as his war crimes...
