The investigating officer of the Police has completed his report on possible mistakes and omissions by members of the force at Paphos Police during the critical period of the femicide in Tremithousa on June 14, and it assigns disciplinary responsibility.
The report has been submitted to the Minister of Justice and Public Order, and it finds fault with some of the eight police officers who were investigated following complaints by citizens about the force’s negligence.
Based on these complaints, a total of four calls, lasting eight minutes, were made to the Paphos Police Directorate, without a response to this tragic incident as it unfolded.
The officer in charge of investigating these complaints accepts, based on the investigation, that there was negligence in the phone calls regarding the case, which ultimately turned into a premeditated murder with a 41-year-old woman as the victim and her 48-year-old husband as the accused, currently facing justice.
The investigation by the Police official also looked into whether the necessary actions were taken for the timely arrest of the 48-year-old in connection with an arrest warrant that predated the murder, following a complaint by the victim of family violence.
Two of the eight police officers investigated have been on suspension since the first day of the femicide, which was deemed necessary for the smooth conduct of the investigation.
