Thanasis Nicolaou case delayed again in court

A Limassol court on Thursday adjourned proceedings in the case of a private criminal prosecution concerning the death of Thanasis Nicolaou, a national guardsman found dead under the Alassa bridge near Limassol in September 2005.

The next hearing has been scheduled for May 14.

Nicolaou’s family has filed a private criminal prosecution against five defendants, following earlier decisions by the state not to pursue indictments.

The defendants include a former state pathologist and senior police officials...