Eight years for sports coach for sexual abuse of minors

A 50-year-old track and field coach was on Thursday sentenced to eight years in jail for sexually abusing underage athletes.

The case involved four women who came forward in 2021, reporting the specific coach assaulted them years ago when they were minors.

These crimes occurred between 2003 and 2016 in Cyprus and Greece.

Despite the coach’s denial of the charges, the Nicosia criminal court found him guilty on March 15 of a total of ten charges including sexual abuse and indecent assaults against the underage athletes.