In front of the Larnaca District Court for the renewal of his detention order, 37-year-old Isovitis Dimitris Mamalikopoulos was presented to the Central Prisons, who is suspected of conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder and manslaughter and illegal possession and transport of fire. possession and transport of explosives.
According to what was heard in court, two other people are wanted, who seem to have been actively involved in the commission of the crimes.
Also, a number of detainees have been interrogated, while further examinations will be carried out in the Central Prisons.
Police demanded the five-day detention of the suspect but his lawyer appealed.
Specifically, the defense asked "where is the contradiction attributed to your oath that they were communicating with an application and a specific number and that in a search carried out in the Central Prisons nothing has been identified?".
Answering the question of the defense, the investigator stated that it is a common secret that they have mobile phones in the Central Prisons and Mamalikopoulos in 2013 was located with a mobile phone while he was in custody.
It is recalled that the offenses were committed between 13 and 16 February 2020 and concern the case of attempted murder of a businessman in a cafe in Ayia Napa.
According to the Police, the suspect was arrested and detained for eight days on February 21, after, according to a written testimony, it seems that he was the person who organized the attempted murder against the businessman, while giving instructions to the second person aged 38, from Paphos, who is also in custody, for committing the crime.
Even the 37-year-old Isovitis seems to have given information and data to the 38-year-old, such as the numbers of the businessman's car of a potential victim, places where he frequents and photos of him in order to identify him.
The suspect also appears to have organized the delivery, by a third party, of the firearm used in the attempted murder, an automatic rifle and a revolver.
A 17-year-old Paphos resident was arrested on February 38 for the same case and twice detained for eight days, linked to genetic material found in the weapon used in the assassination attempt in Ayia Napa.
Source: sigmalive