#escaped convict

The permanent criminal court of Paphos will announce its sentence on July 8 for convicted murderer Doros Theofanous, known as “the hairdresser”, who escaped from custody last year. The court heard ...

An appeals court has ordered the release of two persons accused of aiding and abetting Swedish fugitive Hans Jonny Uven in his escape, after deeming that the two are not ...

Doros Theofanous, serving life for murder, admitted to escaping while visiting family under police escort, but denied conspiracy to do so with the 26-year-old alleged accomplice, who also denied any ...

The three special operations police officers who were suspended from their duties in the aftermath of the escape from custody of 42-year-old convicted double murderer Doros Theofanous have returned to ...

The two men accused of murdering 45-year-old Ayca Alav in Nicosia’s walled city last December were on Thursday filmed running away from court after having been taken there in ...

Police chief Themistos Arnaoutis has appointed a new investigator for the case of the escaped convict, to avoid possible issues over transparency, police said on Tuesday. According to the force’...

Resigning in the wake of a convicted murderer’s escape under police guard would be a cowardly move that would only satisfy populism, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis said on Monday. ...

Convicted murderer Doros Theofanous and the 26-year-old who appears to have helped him escape on September 26 while visiting his home in Choletria, Paphos, under the noses of his police escort, ...

Convict Doros Theofanous who escaped police custody right under the watch of authorities was allegedly on the receiving end of preferential treatment for years, and was frequently allowed home visits ...

Appearance-wise, President Nikos Christodoulides acted decisively in sacking the chief of police, the deputy chief and acting head of the Nicosia Central Prison, as soon as he returned to Cyprus ...

Cyprus’ new police chief Themistos Arnaoutis was sworn in on Monday afternoon, along with new deputy chief Panikos Stavrou, after President Nikos Christodoulides fired its leadership over the escape of ...

Prison guards on Monday staged a spontaneous protest in front of the Central Prisons, following the dismissal of the acting director of prisons Charalambos Philippides. Speaking to the media, the ...

The convict with a life sentence who managed to slip away from police is armed, unlikely to give himself in and has a plan to travel to Colombia via the ...

Police on Thursday arrested two persons in connection with the escape of a prison inmate, while authorities remained on high alert as the convict remained at large. The escapee was ...

Hospital staff operate in a purely therapeutic capacity, state health services (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said on Tuesday, adding that nurses and doctors cannot be expected to stand in the ...