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The question of if a dead witness can testify in court was the central subject of Friday’s hearing of the trial of 11 suspects into the circumstances surrounding the death ...

The Nicosia district court on Wednesday was asked to rule on whether statements attributed to 14-year-old Stylianos Constantinou can be admitted as evidence in the criminal trial concerning his death ...

The case of Stylianos Constantinou, the teenager who ended up taking his own life in September 2019, should have been classed as high-risk by the social welfare services, a key witness ...

Court proceedings into the suicide of 14-year-old Stylianos Constantinou continued on Friday with the cross examination of criminal investigator Andreas Andreou, who said that when a child attempts to end ...

A Canadian mother sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman in U.S. court on Thursday alleging that ChatGPT encouraged her daughter to commit suicide, the latest lawsuit to accuse ...

The defence in the trial concerning the suicide of a teenager in 2019 sought on Thursday to downplay the responsibility of the social welfare services, while a key prosecution witness insisted ...

Questions over the responsibility of a senior social services official in the handling of the case of 14-year-old Stylianos Constantinou dominated proceedings before the Nicosia district court on Tuesday, as ...

Questions over the handling of the Stylianou suicide case intensified on Wednesday after further details emerged regarding the investigation into police chief Themistos Arnaoutis and the decision of the legal ...

Police-chief Themistos Arnaoutis is among 15 officers that independent criminal investigators recommended for criminal prosecution on Tuesday in relation to alleged failures in the handling of domestic violence complaints before the 2019 ...

The Nicosia district court on Friday passed suspended prison sentences for two of 11 defendants charged with dereliction of duty in the trial into the suicide of 14-year-old Stylianos Constantinou in ...

The Nicosia district court will pass sentence on May 15 for two of 11 defendants charged with dereliction of duty in the trial into the suicide of 14-year-old Stylianos Constantinou in September 2019. ...

No protective measures were taken for 14-year-old Stylianos Constantinou despite years of warning signs, a criminal investigator told the Nicosia district court on Thursday during proceedings into the boy’s ...

A criminal investigator testified on Monday before the Nicosia district court that social welfare officers failed to follow prescribed procedures in the case of 14-year-old Stylianos Constantinou, who died by ...

The Nicosia district court ruled on Thursday to reject a defence request for full disclosure of criminal investigators’ findings in the case surrounding the death of 14-year-old Stylianos Constantinou, while ...

Proceedings continued on Tuesday before the Nicosia district court in the trial concerning the death of 14-year-old Stylianos Konstantinos in 2019, with three police officers giving evidence for the prosecution as ...

Former Norwegian prime minister, Thorbjorn Jagland, was hospitalised last week after an apparent suicide attempt, according to media reports published Tuesday, days after authorities charged him with aggravated corruption linked ...

A police sergeant is facing a charge over the 2019 death of 15-year-old Stylianos in Kotsiatis, it was reported on Wednesday. According to a Philenews report, this is the second case ...

Russia’s sacked transport minister has been found dead in his car outside Moscow with a gunshot wound and the principal hypothesis is that he took his own life, state ...

Cyprus recorded the lowest standardised death rates for suicide with 2.7 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, according to data released by Eurostat, marking the World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10. In 2021, there were 47,346 ...

The 57-year-old British national found dead in his home in Ayios Epiktitos “committed suicide”, the Turkish Cypriot police said on Saturday. Following an autopsy, they revealed that Andrew Cullen, who ...

By Andria Kades and Jean Christou As the public waited the verdict as to whether national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou committed suicide or was murdered in 2005, the court reading painted a ...

The investigation into Thanasis Nicolaou’s death was negligent and irresponsible, the Limassol district court heard on Tuesday. “The omissions are so many, so great, that it crosses the boundaries ...

In the pipeline for years, there is no targeted policy to help those most in need of mental health support Despite numerous assurances that mental health is a top priority ...

Plans are being set in motion to create a national suicide prevention scheme the health ministry said on Wednesday as records show a spike in suicides during the 2013 financial crisis, ...