The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a 2017 decision by the Famagusta criminal court which found two defendants guilty in relation to a quadruple murder committed in Ayia Napa in June 2016.

The case in question was the gangland killing of Ayia Napa businessman Phanos Kalopsidiotis, which took place at the Stone Garden restaurant in Ayia Napa.

Police officer Elias Hadjiefthimiou and his wife Skevi, were also killed in the shooting.

Kalopsidiotis had been having dinner with the couple and their two young children, as well as riot squad Mmad member Yiorgos Charalambous.

Albanian Yani Vogli, one of the shooters, was also killed. A second Albanian, Aleks Burrelli managed to escape and has never been seen or heard of since.

In a decision dated September 8, 2017, the criminal court had sentenced each of the accused to a life sentence for each of the four victims.

An announcement from the legal service said that the Supreme Court also upheld the convictions and sentences imposed by the criminal court in connection with the attempted murder against two other persons, as well as the charges of conspiracy.

In addition, it was decided that the defendants had a fair trial and that the criminal court had justifiably given weight and accepted as accurate and reliable the testimony of the main prosecution witness.

In June 2020, Kalopsidiotis’ bodyguard Panayiotis Kallitsionis, who was present during the murder, was also gunned down.