A Limassol pensioner who admitted to killing his 82-year-old wife on Monday morning was remanded in custody for eight days by Limassol district court on Tuesday.
After the man’s shocking confession, police officers rushed to the couple’s home in Ayios Ioannis and discovered the woman’s body in the garden.
No motive has yet been made official, but reports on Tuesday indicated that the 84-year-old admitted to striking the woman over the head with a hammer after a disagreement over money after his wife asked they go shopping.
The head of Limassol CID Lefteris Kyriakou said the man went to a police station at 9:15am on Monday.
Allegedly, he was still wearing the same bloodstained clothes he had on when he committed the murder.
Asked about a motive, Kyriakou said “it seems the couple had an argument over personal matters and the 84-year-old hit her over the head with a hammer”.
The woman was named as Giorgoulla Charalambous.
The woman’s body was found by officers with heavy blows to the back of her head.
Police suspect that the man attacked her by surprise as some blows were at the back of the head, while it appears that she was struck more than once, with some reports indicating up to five times. State pathologists are expected to determine the exact number.
The husband is due to undergo an evaluation by a state psychiatrist.
A post-mortem on the victim will be carried out on Wednesday.
Initial reports from the neighbours appear conflicting, as some state that the couple was viewed as quiet and friendly, with no indication that such a tragedy could unfold, while others claim there had been intense shouting between them the night before.
Limassol police said they have no records of previous problems with the couple.
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