Hotel thieves jailed after series of burglaries
Famagusta district court on Saturday sentenced a 30-year-old man to 18 months in jail and a 35-year-old to nine months after finding them guilty of...
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Drug trafficker jailed for nine years
The Larnaca criminal court jailed a 39-year-old man for nine years on Wednesday after he was found guilty of trafficking one kilo of cocaine. The...
Inmates wed at Nicosia central prisons filmed by Netflix crew
Two inmates at the central prisons in Nicosia held their nuptials on Thursday – and a Netflix crew happened to be on hand to document...
MPs visit Nicosia prison for first-hand look at conditions
MPs from the House legal affairs committee on Friday got a first-hand look at conditions in the Nicosia central prisons in the first-ever visit by...
Justice ministry supports the use of electronic tags
The justice ministry said on Friday it supports the introduction of electronic tagging as an alternative to serving a prison sentence, with the exclusion of...
Coronavirus: Cases in prison means those on remand held in police cells
People on remand and defendants receiving custodial sentences will be temporarily held at police stations after several coronavirus infections were detected in the central prisons,...
Sixty days in prison for driver who injured two motorcyclists
A 49-year-old man responsible for injuring two motorcyclists in a traffic accident in July 2020 was sentenced on Friday by Larnaca district court to 60...
First Muslim wedding takes place within prison (video)
A traditional Muslim wedding has been held within the central prison for the first time, the department of prisons announced on Sunday. The service was...
Two years for possession of child porn
The Limassol criminal court jailed a 66-year-old man for two years on Friday after finding him guilty of possession and distribution of child pornography. The...
Top court overrules suspended sentence, orders four years jail for fraudster
The Supreme Court has set aside a two-year suspended jail sentence for forgery and money laundering as inadequate and ordered the defendant be jailed for...
Government rejects Akel proposal to change rules on addict inmates
The government on Monday rejected a law proposal submitted by main opposition Akel to change the process of referring substance addicted prisoners for treatment at...
Five years for man guilty of two attempted armed robberies
Limassol Criminal Court on Friday handed down a five-year jail sentence to a 31-year-old man found guilty of two attempted armed robberies. The offences were...
Coronavirus: prison ‘not impacted’ by inmate and staff cases, authorities say
The prisons department confirmed on Friday that three members of staff and two inmates had tested positive for the novel coronavirus but said the fallout...
Two jailed for 6 kilos of cannabis
The criminal court on Friday sentenced two men aged 34 and 35 to five and half years in jail each after finding them guilty of...
Parliament approves expansion of prisoners’ home surveillance
Parliament has approved the expansion of home surveillance for prisoners through the use of an electronic bracelet in an attempt to significantly reduce the prison...
Two more arrested after drugs smuggled into prison (updated)
Testimonies point to the involvement of four more people in connection with a case of smuggling illegal drugs into the central prison. Police were informed...
Georgian man gets 17 years for Limassol murder
A Georgian man was jailed for 17 years on Friday after admitting to killing Ernest Leonides, 47, in a restaurant in Limassol in February 2018....
Nicosia prison inmates raise €582 for Beirut blast victims
Inmates at Nicosia Central Prison have raised €582 in humanitarian aid for victims of the massive blast in Beirut which killed at least 154 people,...
Man who attacked his estranged wife with acid jailed for ten years
A 57-year-old Limassol man was jailed for 10 years on Monday for attacking his estranged wife with acid last year inflicting injuries to 40 per...
Man jailed for eight years for possession of 1kg of cocaine
The Larnaca-Famagusta criminal court sentenced a 37-year-old man to eight years in prison on Thursday after finding him guilty of possession of around a kilo...
