Court hears pre-trial objections in death of Thanasis Nicolaou case

Pre-trial objections raised by defence lawyers for the five people accused of covering up the murder of Thanasis Nicolaou were heard on Friday before the Limassol district court and will will be wrapped up on March 19.

The defendants — former state pathologist Panicos Stavrianos, former Limassol police chief Angelos Iatropolos, former Limassol police crime detection unit chief Nicos Sophocleous, former head of rural police Christakis Nathanael, and former head of the police station in the Limassol district village of Lania...