https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cabinet-approves-bills-to-decongest-central-prisons-amid-covid-19-fears
Measures to decompress the overcrowded Nicosia central prisons where the risks associated with a potential spread of coronavirus are high were approved on Tuesday by the Cabinet....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-to-serve-five-years-for-child-rape
A man in his late 40’s was sentenced to prison after being convicted for raping a young girl repeatedly during her elementary school years...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/domestic-violence-up-by-30-since-first-covid-19-case-confirmed
A domestic violence helpline saw calls rise by 30% between March 9, when the first coronavirus case was confirmed in Cyprus, and March 17, the Association for the Prevention and Handling of Violence in the Family said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/convicted-pedophile-gets-tougher-sentence
A convicted child molester's sentence has been increased from four to seven years, after he was found guilty on more charges during an appeal hearing in the Supreme Court...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/estranged-husband-denies-killing-wife
The suspect in the Paphos murder was remanded in custody for eight days on Friday, with local reports saying he had confessed to a group of fellow Syrian men that he killed his wife to restore honour...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/paphos-murder-suspect-apprehended
A murder suspect and husband of a Syrian woman who was stabbed to death in Paphos earlier this week was arrested in Limassol on Thursday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sisters-charged-in-larnaca-racist-rant
Police are moving forward with criminal charges against two women who were captured on video during a racist incident at a Larnaca parking lot in October...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/baby-skull-fracture-investigation-dropped
A two-week-old infant’s head wound turned out to have been caused by a neonatal condition, with police terminating their investigation into suspected abuse and both parents based in Limassol being cleared of suspicion...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/more-young-victims-in-child-porn-case
More victims below the legal age are believed to have been involved in the production of child porn, with at least six victims described as boys from Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/landlord-jailed-for-child-sexual-exploitation
An elderly male, who rented out a property to a woman and her young daughter, has been sentenced to three years for having lewd conduct with a child for several years...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-probe-parking-lot-racist-rant
Police are investigating a racism complaint after a video emerged showing Cypriot women and a child verbally assaulting a Russian woman following a fender-bender at a parking lot in Larnaca...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/convicted-rapist-s-‘fatherly-affection-appeal-flops
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal this week from a man convicted of raping his 17-year-old step-daughter, citing a complete lack of basis in some of his arguments...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/online-madam-in-north-jailed-in-the-uk
A British woman who was arrested in the north last year for abusing children in an online porn business, has been sentenced to twelve years and four months in the UK...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/local-man-says-his-kids-were-kidnapped
Police are looking for a European woman who allegedly abducted her two children three weeks ago and left the country...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-gets-ten-years-for-molesting-preteens
A local man has been sentenced to ten years in prison after he was found guilty in sex molestation case against two minors...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-gets-eight-years-in-mother-s-death
A man who savagely attacked his mother last year was sentenced to eight years on Thursday, after he was convicted on manslaughter half a year after the incident...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/questions-remain-in-limassol-murder-suicide
The funeral of a woman who was shot to death by her ex-boyfriend, in a murder-suicide over the weekend, is being held on Tuesday while questions remain over the circumstances of her death...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/orestis-case-over-but-details-still-shocking
Cypriot serial killer Nikos Metaxas began serving seven life sentences following his trial on Monday, with the public still trying to process the horrifying details of the case and possible future legal steps...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mom-arrested-after-snatching-son-from-foster-care
A mother has been arrested on kidnapping charges after Child Services accused her of snatching her son from a foster care facility...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cops-on-alert-after-girl-s-alcohol-poisoning-scare
Authorities are troubled over an alcohol poisoning incident where a young teenage girl ended up in the Emergency Room after her mother went to pick her up in the early evening...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-details-emerge-in-mitseros-case
New information has emerged about a missing Nepalese woman believed to have been murdered by an alleged serial killer in Nicosia, suggesting immigration police did in fact search for her but on the assumption she was a runaway and not a missing person...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/perverted-uncle-gets-eight-years
A man in Limassol was sentenced to eight years after he was convicted for sexually molesting and harassing his female niece up until she was thirteen...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/somali-women-react-to-social-services-video
A group of women from Somalia are speaking out against treatment from state officials, just days after a video surfaced online showing a female refugee being forcefully removed from a social welfare office...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/charges-dropped-as-somali-dad-walks-free
The father of a five-month-old baby was released from jail on Monday, after prosecutors dropped child abuse charges against him and further recommended state assistance for the entire family...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hospital-roiled-by-turmoil-in-baby-girl-s-case
Authorities and news media were on the receiving end of public outrage on Thursday, following reports of unsubstantiated rape allegations of a baby girl that led to the arrest of her father...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/doubts-raised-over-rape-of-baby-girl
Police are uncertain whether a five-month-old baby was a victim of rape, following shocking revelations during a medical exam in Nicosia where doctors said her hymen had been broken...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mom-says-she-would-never-hit-baby-boy
A woman who is accused of beating her 18-month-old son has denied the charges, while a judge ordered the child in state foster care until the trial in June...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mother-arrested-on-child-battery-allegations
A woman was arrested over the weekend on child battery charges, after a neighbour said the mother beat up her 18-month-old child...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bbc-explores-plight-of-foreign-students-in-cyprus
A recent BBC story about foreign students in the north highlights many challenges that international students face in Cyprus, including unethical recruitment, exploitation and economic hardship...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-accused-of-sexually-molesting-stepdaughter
A man from Limassol accused of sexually molesting his 17-year-old stepdaughter is in remanded custody until his criminal trial in March...
