A request to the Police to conduct a second autopsy on the body of the 28-year-old woman from Ukraine, who died last Saturday, was requested by the lawyers of the 31-year-old suspect, who was arrested for the investigation of premeditated murder. According to the press representative of the Paphos Police and head of the TAE, Michalis Nikolaou, the suspect’s request for a second autopsy, which will be attended by a private medical examiner, is being studied by the state’s Legal Service.

The suspect appeared before him today District Court of Paphos which decided on his 8-day detention to facilitate investigations.

It is recalled that the autopsy on the woman’s body, which was carried out by medical examiners Angeliki Papetta and Orthodoxos Orthodoxos at the Nicosia Hospital mortuary and which lasted six hours, showed that the 28-year-old has a fracture in the hyoid bone, which is observed in cases of strangulation , as mentioned by Mr. Nikolaou.

The 28-year-old Ukrainian woman was in Cyprus from January 6 with a special residence permit in Cyprus from the Foreigners and Immigration Service. At the same time there are indications, which are being investigated, that he had visited Cyprus again in the past, said the Police representative.

Source: sigmalive.com