The court accepted the admission of the former Mayor of Paphos, who is already serving a prison sentence for the SAPA scandal, and set a hearing on April 5 for the imposition of a sentence.
Former Mayor of Paphos Savvas Vergas admitted guilt in 4 cases in the case of Paphos Landfill - Kosi Landfill yesterday, even offering the public, as compensation, two properties, which belong to companies of his interests.
During yesterday's hearing in the Criminal Court of Nicosia, Savva Verga's lawyer informed the court that his client pleads guilty to charges 65,68,69, 70, XNUMX and XNUMX of the indictment, which concern, among other things, harassment and abuse of power, and that he intends to donate. to the public, as compensation, the two aforementioned properties.
On April 5 the sentence
The court accepted the admission of Savvas Vergas, who is already serving a prison sentence for the SAPA scandal, and set a hearing for April 5 to impose a sentence. In the meantime, as the representative of the accusing Authority explained, the value of the two properties will be assessed through MOKAS.
Due to this development, as well as the requests submitted by two other defendants for postponement, due to the fact that their lawyers appear in other trials, the court decided to postpone the case for May 8. He also set May 9,10,11,12,15,16,17,18 and 19 as the dates for the trial, asking the defense to inform the court of any requests, so that there can be timely planning.
They will get copies of their IDs
The court also ruled that the defendants be released from the restrictive condition of appearing at a police station. In relation to the restrictive conditions, a request was submitted by the defense to return the political identity of the accused for banking purposes.
The court decided that this request should be considered at a later stage and after first reaching an agreement between the two parties on the issue. It was agreed that in the meantime, exact copies of the political identities of the accused will be issued, which, as mentioned in court, will be accepted for banking purposes.
It is recalled that the defendants in the case are thirteen individuals and three legal entities, facing a total of 104 charges. The accused in the case are Dimitrios Patsalidis (Municipal Employee), Michalis Pantis (Civil Servant), Antonios Kourouzidis (Retired), Stelios Papadopoulos (Civil Servant), Christos Petrou (Former Public) Lapos Retired), Nikolas Koullipis (Doctor), Imad Baqle (Mechanical Engineer), Savvas Vergas (former Mayor of Paphos), Eftychios Malikidis (former Director of SAPA), Dimitrios Giannakopoulos (Retired) (Retired) company), Theofanis Lolos (Chemical Engineer), Helector Cyprus Ltd and NE MIDORIACO LTD.
The charges and the offenses
Defendants face charges of conspiracy to commit sabotage, harassment of a civil servant, bribery of public officials, misappropriation of property by a public official, misappropriation of a public official, abuse of power, abuse of power, favoritism by a public official, offenses of money laundering, fraud and misuse of trust by a public official, conspiracy to commit a crime, embezzlement of money with false representations, preparation of a forged document, circulation of a forged document, fraudulent and fraudulent accounts public officials.
Source: SigmaLive