With the testimony of two police officers, the hearing process for the quadruple murder committed on the night of June 23, 2016 in Ayia Napa continued today before the Permanent Criminal Court of Larnaca - Famagusta.
The victims of the attack were businessman Fanos Kalopsidiotis, police officer Elias Hadjiefuthymiou, his wife Skevi Hadjieffthymiou and Yiani Vogli, one of the perpetrators.
Defendants are 42-year-old Loy Dejan, 39-year-old Marios Christodoulou, 38-year-old Benny, 28-year-old Panagiotis Pentavkas and XNUMX-year-old Sofia Grigoriou, who are jointly facing charges of conspiracy to commit murder, premeditated murder, attempted murder, and premeditated acts. bodily injury, possession of a B-class firearm, possession of a class A firearm, possession of a B-class firearm and possession of a class A firearm.
The four defendants were taken to the Criminal Court room, accompanied by armed MAAD police officers, who were by their side throughout the proceedings. The courtroom was filled with police officers from various services of the Force.
During today's proceedings, Kyriakos Theodoridis, a police sergeant working at the TAE Headquarters, testified that, as he stated in his testimony dated 26/8/2016, which was part of his main examination, on June 23, 2016, he was instructed to go to Ayia Napa where a murder had been committed with 4 victims and two wounded.
He added that he and his colleagues went to a field outside Ayia Napa where a burnt car had been found which was later found to have been stolen. He further added that there was a firearm in the back seat of the car.
He also said he had searched Loy Dejan's apartment in Ayia Napa and the company car used by the murdered Fanos Kalopsidiotis, which was parked outside the restaurant where the murder took place.
A large number of banknotes were found and received from the car, including 108 100 euro banknotes, 2 200 euro banknotes and 57 50 euro banknotes. Envelopes with three checks were also located and received, one of 10 thousand and two of 24 thousand euros. A mobile phone, 2 SIM cards and a camera were also received.
According to the witness, the car of Ilias Hatziefthymiou was still searched without finding anything and the car driven by the injured police officer George Charalambous, owned by his brother. The search found a handgun (paracontaco) in the car.
In his testimony, the witness stated that he received a written testimony from the former accused Sotira Neophytou and her mother, while during a search of the latter's house, various weapon cleaners were found on a piece of furniture.
He also said that on 29/6/2016 Sotira Neophytou made nine scene suggestions while the next day she went to the Acropolis area in Nicosia to search the apartment of the other accused Sofia Grigoriou. The Police also towed her car which she took to the Police Headquarters for examinations.
Answering questions from the representative of the Prosecution Authority Elli Papagapiou, the witness said that at the time of her arrest Sotira Neophytou was not in a good psychological state, she was very upset, she cried while she had stated that "I did not sleep, today I was thinking all day and I want to to tell the truth ".
Various items were presented before the Court, such as the suggestions of scenes of Sotira Neophytou and the energy diaries of the visits made by the witness to the Intensive Care Unit of the General Hospital of Nicosia where the injured policeman Giorgos Charalambis was treated.
Asked by Michalis Pikis, Marios Christodoulou's defense attorney, why the paracontact handrail guard was in the car of George Charalambous, the witness replied that it belonged to the specific police officer.
Answering questions from Alexandros Clerides, Sofia Grigoriou's defense attorney, the witness said that following instructions from the head of the investigation, they had to break down the door of Sofia Grigoriou's apartment because it was locked.
This was followed by the testimony of Leonidas Gennadiou, a police officer serving in the TAE Headquarters, who, following the instructions of the head of the investigative team, inspected the closed circuit monitoring of the premises adjacent to the restaurant where the quadruple murder was committed and other premises. the case.
Surveillance circuits received included a hotel and bakery - a kiosk in Limassol, a cafeteria in Nicosia, a restaurant, a brewery and a kiosk in Ayia Napa, depicting the movements of both the victims and some of the perpetrators.
This was followed by a screening of a video created by the closed-circuit surveillance, which shows, among others, the cars of Fanos Kalopsidiotis, Elias Hatziefthymiou and George Charalambous, which are parked, get off themselves and head towards the restaurant. Even from the closed surveillance circuits, patrons of a pub, a kiosk and a leather goods store, located near the restaurant where the murder took place, can be seen running and hiding under tables to escape as soon as the shots were heard.
In one scene, Elias Chatziefthymiou and his wife and children can be seen walking on the sidewalk to the restaurant.
Even in the closed surveillance circuits, the accused Charalambos Andreou is seen shopping twice a day from an oven-kiosk in Limassol (which has two closed surveillance circuits with 16 cameras each) and Sotira Neophytou is shopping for drinks the day after the murder. herself and Charalambos Andreou from a specific cafe in Nicosia.
Also in the closed circuits presented by the witness it seems that they depart from a hotel in Protaras where Charalambos Andreou and Sofia Grigoriou stayed on 14 and 20/6/2016, while from a hotel in Limassol they seem to be at the reception on 25 and 26/6 / 2016 Sofia Grigoriou and Marios Christodoulou.
The hearing will continue tomorrow with the examination of the witness Leonidas Gennadiou, by the defense attorneys of the accused.
Source: KYPE