Terrorism sentence doubled by appeals court

The Appeals Court doubled a sentence earlier handed down on a man convicted of terrorism-related offences, it was announced on Tuesday.

The man, currently aged 28, had been arrested in Limassol in January 2021. He was later found guilty of terrorism-related charges and sentenced to two years in prison.

The attorney-general’s office subsequently appealed the sentence, which it argued was too lenient.

In its judgment, delivered last week, the Appeals Court agreed and doubled the sentence to four years.