Contractor ‘found himself in a situation of extortion’ during SAPA works
LOIZOS Iordanous, owner of Loizos Iordanous Construction, took the witness stand at the Paphos Criminal Court on Thursday, where the Paphos Sewerage Board (SAPA) trial...
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Vergas ‘will be treated like any other prisoner’
Former Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas will spend his second night in the central prisons on Wednesday after his transfer from outside detention quarters on Tuesday...
Contractor’s paid kickbacks in sewerage case because they were ‘afraid’
Officials of Medcon Construction Ltd agreed to pay kickbacks to former Paphos Mayor Savvas Vergas and former Paphos Sewerage Board (SAPA) director Eftichios Malekides because...
Vergas to be transferred to prison
Disgraced former Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas was on Tuesday evening expected to be transferred to the central prisons in Nicosia. Vergas is serving a six-year...
Witness helps unravel methods in SAPA kickbacks scandal
THE cross-examination of former director of the Paphos Sewerage Board (SAPA) Eftychios Malekkides was concluded on Friday at the Paphos Criminal Court, succeeded on the...
Malekides: I never blackmailed anyone
FORMER Paphos Sewerage Board (SAPA) director Efthymios Malekides told the court on Wednesday that he never blackmailed project contractors for money, and denied that charges...
Those getting kickbacks lose nothing after turning prosecution witnesses
Private contractors who were involved in the SAPA scandal got millions in public money and came out clean because they turned prosecution witnesses, Paphos mayor...
Vergas returns to court, ready to name more
By Angelos Anastasiou FOLLOWING an eventful hearing on Wednesday, in which former Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas collapsed during his cross-examination, he returned to the witness...
Vergas taken to hospital during SAPA hearing (Update 1)
The ongoing Paphos Sewerage Board (SAPA) trial was interrupted on Wednesday when former Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas, who is serving a six-year jail term after...
Vergas pays back €0.5m in kickbacks
Incarcerated former Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas received around €0.5m in kickbacks from sewerage board (SAPA) project contractors, which he has paid back to the state,...
