The Criminal Court has rejected a defence motion in the case of Simon Mistriel Aykut, who is charged with the land appropriation of Greek Cypriot land in the Turkish-occupied areas of Famagusta and Kyrenia.
At the previous hearing, the defence team had raised a preliminary objection challenging the jurisdiction of the Republic of Cyprus courts to try offences allegedly committed in areas not under the Republic’s control.
The three-judge Criminal Court panel (Christiana Parpotta – Presiding Judge, Christos Raspopoulos – Senior District Judge, and Panayiotis Savvides – District Judge) had reserved judgment on this novel legal question until today.
