The officer was remanded for a period of two days by the district court in Nicosia, following his arrest on charges of harassment and assault of a female colleague.
According to a relevant police report, ‘a member of the force was arrested yesterday following a court order on a case involving sexual harassment, indecent assault and other related offences’.
The male officer is facing both a criminal case and disciplinary offences and was suspended with immediate effect by the Deputy Chief of Police, pending an investigation.
The complaint against him was filed by a female colleague who said that the suspect was initially harassing her and then proceeded with an indecent act, as she testified.
