The parents of a three-month-old girl who died on Saturday at the Makarios hospital have been remanded in custody for eight days by the district court in Limassol in connection with a case of manslaughter.
Following an autopsy by state pathologists Angeliki Papetta and Orthodoxos Orthodoxou it was found that the infant had died from severe head injuries, with the pathologists also referring to signs of abuse.
The couple appeared before the court without a lawyer on Thursday.
According to evidence heard in court, the parents testified that the baby lost consciousness on the way to Limassol hospital on Saturday and the mother tried to resuscitate her.
The parents also testified that the girl was born prematurely, at seven months on December 20 and remained in an incubator for a month.
They deny ever hitting or shaking the baby.
Based on the autopsy findings, the infant’s severe head injuries could not have been sustained from an accident.
They also established malicious traumatic brain injury after violent shaking and possibly hitting a blunt surface.
No signs of resuscitation appear to have been found.
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