Man remanded for seven days after rape reported
A 24-year-old man was remanded for seven days on Tuesday for allegedly raping a foreign woman living in Paphos on Sunday at 4am. The police...
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Former candidate and councillor pleads not guilty to rape
A 31-year-old former municipal councillor and one-time Disy MP candidate pled not guilty to a rape charge at the Larnaca-Famagusta criminal court on Thursday. Andreas...
Man jailed for 12 years for rape
A 43-year-old man was jailed for 12 years on Wednesday for raping a 24-year-old woman last September in Larnaca. The proceedings at the Larnaca court...
Former MP candidate denies rape, blames political expediency
A parliamentary candidate accused of rape committed over 10 years ago denied the crime Saturday and blamed it on political expediency. In a post on...
Former high ranking cleric to stand trial for rape
Former Kiti bishop Chrysostomos will stand trial for rape on April 26, state broadcaster CyBC reported on Monday. The clergyman appeared before Larnaca district court...
Crime in Paphos fell in 2020
Paphos registered a decrease in reported crimes in 2020 compared to the previous year, according to Paphos police spokesperson Michalis Ioannou. Speaking to the Cyprus...
Supreme court upholds conviction of man who raped underage daughter
The supreme court has upheld the conviction of a father found guilty of sexually molesting his underage daughter. The offences were committed between 2010 and...
Archbishop makes statement on priest accused of rape
Archbishop Chrysostomos on Tuesday reportedly gave statements to the police regarding a case in which a woman alleged that she was raped by a senior...
Man in custody after rape claim – reports
Police refused to confirm or deny local media reports on Wednesday that a 19-year-old was in custody in Limassol after a complaint was made by...
Man suspected of rape arrested
Paphos police arrested a man in connection with a case of rape on Monday evening. A 29-year-old woman, a resident of the Paphos district, reported...
Police investigating rape claims by MP candidate
Police on Monday said they will contact a female MP candidate for the Democratic Alignment after she publicly talked about her rape that took place...
Scottish teen seeking justice after reporting she was raped in Protaras last year
A Scottish teenager who had her allegation of rape dismissed by police in Cyprus is having her case examined by Police Scotland. The woman alleged...
House passes law expanding definition of rape
Parliament on Friday passed a bill raising the maximum penalty for rape to life imprisonment, changing provisions to the penal code in place since the...
Plenum to vote on expanding definition of rape
The House plenum on Friday will be voting on an amendment to the criminal code expanding and updating the definition of rape. The legislative proposal,...
Second police workshop on handling rape cases completed
A total of 41 police officers and two members of the British Bases police completed a two-day workshop in a bid to improve their response...
Police undergoing training on how to handle rape cases
Police are undergoing training on how to handle cases of rape and sexual assault, the force announced on Monday. The training by foreign experts, which...
Suspect in custody after two women report rape
A 28-year old man is in custody as a suspect in the rape of two women tourists in the Famagusta district in February 2018, police...
Bill making rape punishable with life imprisonment to be voted on next week
A bill to make rape punishable with life imprisonment will be tabled at the House plenum on October 9, the house legal affairs committee decided...
Consensus reached on updating definition of rape
The House legal affairs committee on Wednesday reached a broad consensus on a draft bill modernising the definition of rape under the law, they said....
Rape suspect remanded for eight days
The Larnaca district court on Sunday remanded a 43-year-old man for eight days on suspicion of abducting and raping a 24-year-old woman from an eastern...