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11.11.2026
CYPRUS POLICE
12:08

“Both the perpetrator and the victim were holding a knife”: The 35-year-old woman’s testimony regarding the murder in Pegeia turns the case on its head

Woman held in custody for seven days: What was said in court
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The Paphos District Court issued a seven-day detention order against the 35-year-old woman who was arrested on a charge of aiding and abetting murder.

The woman is a 35-year-old from Scotland, a girlfriend of the 20-year-old confessed perpetrator, who stabbed the 51-year-old victim of the murder that took place in Pegeia.

SEE ALSO: The 35-year-old’s testimony is crucial in the Pegeia murder case; authorities are searching for the knife in Akamas

The 35-year-old testified, among other things, that during the incident, the victim and the 20-year-old were each holding a knife.

This testimony contradicts the 20-year-old’s statement that he snatched the knife from the 51-year-old, who was preparing to attack his mother.

SEE ALSO: “He was afraid and abandoned him”: A friend of the 20-year-old, according to the suspect’s confession, allegedly took it upon himself to take the victim to the hospital

The Paphos District Court issued a seven-day detention order.

Here is the full report from Alpha’s correspondent in Paphos, Kostas Nanos:

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