#Nicosia criminal court

The defence challenged prosecution testimony over €790,000 reportedly kept in safes at the Avakoum monastery during a hearing at Nicosia criminal court on Wednesday. Lawyer Costis Efstathiou, representing Abbot Nektarios, questioned ...

The trial proper in the ‘golden passports’ case is expected to proceed later this month, after the defence said on Friday that prosecutors had adequately explained some of the new ...

The court of appeal has unanimously rejected a request by alleged German usurper Ewa Izabela Kuenzel, who is accused of having usurped Greek-Cypriot property in the occupied north, to end ...

A verdict in the case against Georgios Christodoulou Zavrantonas, who stands accused of having been in possession of 15 kilograms of cocaine, is expected to be issued by the Nicosia criminal ...

The Nicosia criminal court said on Tuesday it would not decide whether evidence in the case of classified documents stolen from the central prison will be admissible until the prosecution ...

In the ongoing trial of Giorgos ‘Zavrantonas’ Christodoulou on Tuesday, the defence suggested that the quantity of narcotics presented as evidence is not the same as that seized by police ...

A former liaison officer told the Nicosia district court on Friday that, based on her professional experience, there were sufficient indications for the Social Welfare Services to apply for a ...

In court on Thursday, defence attorneys tried to undermine the testimony of a family liaison officer over her contention that Stylianos Constantinou – the teenager who took his own life in 2019 – ...

The retrial of Giorgos Christodoulou, also known as “Zavrantonas”, in connection with the possession and trafficking of more than 15kg of cocaine moved forward on Tuesday after he pleaded not ...

A request lodged by German real estate agent Eva Isabella Kunzel to be permitted to register privileged writs of certiorari and prohibition, with the aim of annulling an interim decision ...

Fresh scrutiny fell on the handling of a key protected witness on Wednesday as Giorgos Christodoulou, known as ‘Zavrantonas’, appeared before the Nicosia criminal court for the start of his ...

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. ...

A martial arts instructor was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday after being found guilty of the sexual abuse of a child. The Law Office will now be ...

The state Law Office wasted no time in announcing its decision to appeal against the court ruling that acquitted former House president Demetris Syllouris and developer Christakis Giovanis, also an ...

Nicosia criminal court on Monday granted prosecutors another month to sift through the material and decide which can be shared with the defendants’ lawyers, in the case involving the theft ...

A second “trial within a trial” began on Friday in the case against the 49-year-old German woman who stands accused of having sold Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north, this ...

A 40-year-old Ukrainian national who appeared in court on Thursday facing charges related to the alleged development of Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north intends to plead guilty to some ...

The case against Israeli property developer Simon Aykut, who stands accused of having developed and sold €43 million worth of property on Greek Cypriot land in the north, was on Monday ...

The court case against former volunteer commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki has been postponed till July 10, due to prosecution impediments. The case was set to continue on Monday morning, however new dates ...

Two Hungarian nationals were on Friday handed jail sentences for having usurped Greek Cypriot property in the north. One of the two women was sentenced to two and a half ...

Two suspects, aged 33 and 28, arrested in connection with a house burglary in Nicosia, the theft of a motorcycle, and other offences, are to be remanded by the Nicosia district court ...

The Limassol district court will announce its decision on April 4 regarding the request by the family of Thanasis Nicolaou for the return of his skeletal remains, which have been kept ...

Former volunteerism commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki was released on Wednesday morning after spending 48 hours in custody. His release was granted on the condition that he deposits €500 to ensure his presence at ...

Israeli land developer Simon Aykut, who was arrested in early June and is accused of having developed and sold €43 million worth of property on Greek Cypriot land in the north, ...