Court to decide access to classified prison files

Nicosia criminal court ruled on Thursday that it will take it upon itself to determine which case files should be deemed classified or secret, in the trial involving the theft of a trove of documents from the central prisons.

On trial are the former director of the prisons Anna Aristotelous, former vice-director Athena Demetriou, five prison wardens and a former employee of the prisons who is now a police officer.

The indictment includes conspiracy to commit a felony, abuse of power...