The 35-year-old girlfriend of the 20-year-old suspect in the killing of a British man in Peyia allegedly abandoned the car carrying the fatally wounded 51-year-old a few metres from his home, before she was arrested on Tuesday afternoon.
The woman, from Scotland and a permanent resident of Cyprus, allegedly took it on herself to drive the man to Paphos hospital after he was wounded inside his home on Monday night, before disappearing from the scene.
Investigation
She was arrested on a court warrant. Police had told Paphos District Court earlier on Tuesday that she was being sought to help with inquiries, and that they were trying to establish whether she or the suspect’s mother had called the ambulance service.
The 20-year-old, who police say has admitted wounding the man, and his 42-year-old mother, the victim’s partner, were remanded in custody for eight days. The 20-year-old told police in a voluntary statement that he threw the knife away in the Kakoskali area of Akamas, and agreed to show officers the spot.
In their statements, the mother and son said the 51-year-old often had outbursts, which they blamed on cocaine use, and frequently caused jealous scenes over his partner. They said that on Monday afternoon he brandished a knife, and that the son stepped in and wounded him in the abdomen in the scuffle that followed.
Police told the court that the pair had so far been careful not to implicate anyone else in the events of Monday night. Officers who went to the house where the three lived found bloodstains, and the floors had clearly just been mopped.
Five statements have been taken so far, and another 50 are expected from the victim’s family, work and social circles.
