The attorney general’s (AG) office on Thursday put a stop to a private lawsuit prison director Anna Aristotelous and her deputy attempted to file against drug squad chief Michalis Katsounotos.
Justifying the decision, the AG referred back to his statement dated December 21 last year, where he found there was no evidence of corruption against Katsounotos.
The row has been brewing for months, after Aristotelous and her deputy Athena Demetriou, charged that Katsounotos attempted to secure damaging footage of them after colluding with an inmate.
Aristotelous and Demetriou had filed a private criminal case against Katsounotos which according to reports was set to be heard at a district court level on March 24. They also planned to take the case to the European Court of Human Rights.
Their lawyer Christos Triantafyllides responded to the developments in a letter to the AG saying “the public interest is surely not synonymous with the protection of Mr Katsounotos from court proceedings and the ability of my clients to exercise their legal rights.”
Aristotelous and Demetriou announced they wanted to leave their post after the AG rubbished any corruption claims. Demetriou has been seconded to the auditor-general’s office while developments over Aristotelous’ post are still up in the air.
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