The Limassol Permanent Criminal Court today sentenced a defendant who pleaded guilty to arson in a storage room of the District Court Limassol. Announcement issued by the Legal Service:
Detailed announcement:
The Limassol Permanent Criminal Court today sentenced a defendant to 7 years in prison, who pleaded guilty to a building arson offense. The conviction concerns the fire that was maliciously set in a storage room of evidence in the Limassol District Court, in July 2021.
According to the facts of the case, the accused was performing “tsiliadoros” duties while remaining in the adjacent area of the Court for to check whether there was a Police in the area.
The Court, imposing the sentence, emphasized that this is an unprecedented case in the historical chronicles of our place and that it differs from the rest of the species. As an indication, the Court noted: “The offenders went so far as to set fire to the area where justice is administered, namely to the area where evidence is stored, in order to destroy evidence of a specific, ongoing case.”
On behalf of the General Prosecutor of the Republic, the case was handled by Ms. Anna Mattheou, Lawyer of the Republic
