Mother who killed son, 12, acquitted on insanity grounds, committed to psychiatric facility (updated)
A 40-year-old woman who stabbed her son, 12, to death last year was acquitted of a murder charge on Monday due to insanity and was...
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Seven women arrested in brothel bust
Authorities announced that seven women, aged 32 to 47, were arrested on Friday for alleged pimping, profiteering from the sex trade, running a brothel and...
Five-day remand for suspect in child porn case
Nicosia district court remanded a 43-year-old man for five days on Monday in connection with a child pornography case. The man was arrested on Sunday...
Coronavirus: man suspected of threatening virologist released on bail
A 35-year-old man who threatened a member of the health ministry’s epidemiological team over the phone was released on Thursday after posting a €2,000 bond....
Nine years jail for raping underage girl
A 42-year-old man was sentenced to nine years in jail on Wednesday by the Nicosia criminal court for raping an underage girl. The man committed...
Four-day remand for drugs suspect
A 24-year-old man from Nicosia was remanded for four days on Saturday on suspicion of possessing drugs with intent to sell, police said. According to...
Nicosia court to hear motion to dismiss case against Zolotas in Focus trial
Nicosia criminal court will on July 30 hear a motion to discontinue proceedings against businessman Michalis Zolotas and former banker Michalis Fole, two of the...
Strovolos murders ‘not just a botched robbery’, court hears
The murder of a couple in their home in Strovolos last year was not the result of a botched robbery but the following through of...
Murder suspect ‘needs more time to ponder plea’
The Strovolos double murder trial was on Friday postponed anew on grounds that the main defendant Loizos Tzionis needs more time to assess whether he...
Final eight-day remand for suspected serial killer
The Nicosia district court on Wednesday approved a sixth and final remand of eight days for 35-year-old suspected serial killer Nicos Metaxas, allowing police to...
Father of baby doctors thought was abused, is released without charge
The man arrested in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of his five-month-old daughter was released on Monday without being charged. The arrested man was...
Shock and outrage over baby abuse claim
THE 22-year-old father of a five-month-old baby girl was in custody on Wednesday as authorities sought to establish allegations by the baby’s mother, 25, with...
One of double-murder defendants changes plea
One of the defendants in the double murder trial on Friday changed her plea to one of the lesser charges and also hired a new...
Man sentenced to five years for statutory rape and possessing child porn
A 26-year-old man was sentenced to five years in prison by the Nicosia court on Friday, after he was found guilty of possessing child pornography...
Court allows submission of potentially key evidence in double-murder trial
The criminal court on Thursday allowed the submission of a potentially key piece of evidence in the trial of four suspects for the double murder...
Double-murder suspect cracks under cross examination
By George Psyllides A double-murder defendant broke during cross-examination before the Nicosia criminal court on Friday and admitted that he had not been coerced by...
Police deny coercing suspect in double murder
By Elias Hazou Police on Thursday denied that any coercion was exerted on one of the defendants in the case of the murder of a...
Re-remand for suspects in Rodotheou attempted murder
The Nicosia district court on Thursday re-remanded in custody for another eight days two of the suspects arrested in connection with the attempted murder of...
Murder suspect breaks down after sibling implicates him in court
By Lizzy Ioannidou A Nicosia criminal court hearing on Friday into the double murder of a couple from Strovolos was disrupted during an outburst by...
Murder suspect’s motion to annul charges rejected by court
By George Psyllides The Nicosia criminal court rejected a defence motion on Friday to annul the charges faced by a woman in the trial of...
