Egyptian hijacker’s actions had nothing to do with his wife, court hears
The hearing for the extradition of Seif Eldin Mustafa, the 59-year-old hijacker who forced an Egyptair domestic flight to land in Larnaca last March, to...
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Pensioner pleads guilty to manslaughter in wife killing
AN 80-year-old man pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Wednesday, after he killed his wife in her Pervolia home last month. Asked by prosecutors if he...
Elderly woman takes knife to husband
A 71-year-old woman stabbed her husband, aged 72 in their Larnaca home on Saturday morning. At around 11am, the Norwegian couple, permanent residents in the...
Hijacker Mustafa ‘brought nothing but misery to his family’
Although Seif Eldin Mustafa, 59, the Egyptian man who hijacked an Egyptair flight on Tuesday and diverted it to Cyprus was portrayed in part as...
Man kills wife in Larnaca (update 2)
An 80-year-old man murdered his 77-year-old estranged wife at her home in Pervolia, Larnaca, following a heated argument over financial matters, police said on Thursday....
Cheating husband’s defamation case against three ex mistresses thrown out by court
By Constantinos Psillides A Cypriot sports journalist found himself in a very awkward situation, after the Nicosia district court not only threw out a defamation...
In feisty Israeli campaign, even Netanyahu’s wife’s recycling is a target
By Allyn Fisher-Ilan Forget the deadlocked Palestinian peace process or the Iranian nuclear programme. The latest political fracas in Israel is over whether the prime...
Man locked in pub surrenders to police (Update 3)
By Constantinos Psillides A 43-year-old who locked himself in his pub on Monday and threatened to kill himself after shooting and injuring ex wife has...
Man shoots ex, threatens to kill himself (Updated)
AN ARMED 43-year-old Greek Cypriot locked himself in his pub in Oroklini, Larnaca, threatening to take his life with his shotgun after his ex-wife filed...
Bailiff ‘says it with flowers’
The wife of a local businessman received a court summons in a rather creative way when the bailiff showed up at her house disguised as...
Iraq says woman detained in Lebanon is not Baghdadi wife
Iraq’s Interior Ministry said on Wednesday that a woman detained by Lebanese authorities was not the wife of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but the sister...
Former cop to be sentenced for wife’s murder
By Penelope Karaolis Former police officer, Nicos Iordanous, who was found guilty of murdering his wife Stavroula in December 2012, will sentenced on Friday, the...
Former cop found guilty of killing wife
By Constantinos Psillides LARNACA Criminal Court found former police officer Nicos Iordanous, 62, guilty of murdering his wife Stavroula in December 2012. Handing out the...