The report investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Thanasis Nicolaou was delivered earlier today to the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers.
The findings, compiled by criminal investigators Lambros Pappas and Thanasis Athanasiou, are expected to be presented to the Cabinet, which is convening shortly, before being forwarded to the Attorney General.
The investigators were tasked with examining the circumstances of Nicolaou’s death and identifying any potential oversights or procedural failures during the initial investigation.
Thanasis’ body was found under a bridge in Alassa in 2005 and his death was deemed by the army and police as a suicide. But after his remains were exhumed in 2020 over suspicions of foul play, further autopsies showed he had been beaten and strangled.
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