Escaped convict and accomplice set for trial in October

Convicted murderer Doros Theofanous and the 26-year-old who appears to have helped him escape on September 26 while visiting his home in Choletria, Paphos, under the noses of his police escort, will be taken before the criminal court in Paphos on October 22.

Theofanous and the 26-year-old, who had become friends when the latter was serving a sentence in the central prisons, were taken before the Paphos district court on Friday under heavy security measures.

The court decided...