A 7-year prison sentence was imposed today by the Limassol Permanent Criminal Court on a defendant who pleaded guilty to the crime of arson. The conviction relates to the fire that was maliciously set in a room where documents were stored at the Limassol District Court, in July 2021.
According to the facts of the case, the defendant was acting as a "lookout" by staying in the area adjacent to the Court to check whether there were Police in the place.
In imposing the sentence, the Court emphasized that this was an unprecedented case in the historical annals of our country and that it was different from others of its kind. As illustrative the Court noted: "The offenders went to the extent of setting fire to the place where justice is administered, namely the place where documents are kept, in order to destroy documents of a particular case in progress."
On behalf of the Attorney General of the Republic, the case was handled by Ms Anna Matthaiou, Attorney of the Republic.
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2 May 2022
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