Concurrent jail sentences had been imposed in the present day by the Paphos District Court docket on a 39-year-old man, after listening to the case of inflicting a fireplace and destroying the Christmas Tree, within the Municipality of Paphos, final January. With an enhanced sentence of 14 months for the offense of malicious harm to property, the 39-year-old was discovered responsible of committing the pending offenses of destroying the Christmas Tree.
In keeping with the information collected through the investigation of the case by the Police and introduced by the Prosecuting Authority earlier than the District Court docket, round 3.15 within the morning on Wednesday, January 03, a fireplace broke out within the Christmas Tree, which was situated in Kennedy Sq., in Paphos . The Christmas Tree was utterly destroyed by the fireplace, which was extinguished by members of the Hearth Service.
From the examinations carried out by the TAE Paphos, proof emerged towards the 39-year-old, in relation to the fireplace and destruction of the Christmas Tree. A judicial arrest warrant was issued towards the 39-year-old, pursuant to which he was arrested by members of the Paphos OPE, who situated him shortly earlier than midnight on Friday, January 05, in an space of Paphos district, (Police Bulletin No. 6, dated 06/01/ 2024, related).
With the completion of the police examinations, the Police proceeded on January 10, to register the case earlier than the District Court docket of Paphos, for adjudication. The 39-year-old remained in custody as a sub-trial, for the needs of trial of the case. His 14-month jail sentence is efficient from January 10.
The case was investigated by the Paphos TAE.