Criminal court throws out Aykut’s objections to trial

The criminal court in Nicosia dismissed on Friday three pre-trial objections put forward by the defence of Israeli property developer Simon Mistriel Aykut, questioning the jurisdiction of the criminal court to try the case and the conditions under which her client is being held.

Aykut was arrested in June and is facing charges of usurpation of Greek Cypriot property in the north.

Reading out the decision, judge Christiana Parpotta said it was unanimously decided that the Republic...