Nicosia Greek Legal Court docket rejected the objections of Israeli contractor Simon Mistriel Aykut and postponed the subsequent listening to to January 13. The defendant will current his protection on this date.
242 AccusationsJudge Christiana Parpotta introduced that Aykut is going through 242 separate costs. The costs embrace fraudulent actual property transactions, unlawful land use, cash laundering and conspiracy to commit a felony.
Truthful Trial ArgumentAykut's lawyer, Maria Neophytou, claimed that it was unimaginable to summon witnesses within the north and that her shopper couldn’t obtain a good trial. He additionally said that no info might be obtained from the Turkish Cypriot police or the businesses registry within the north. Neophytou emphasised that everybody accused of shopping for and promoting land from the north has been arrested and that potential witnesses are additionally in danger.
Assertion from the JudgeParpotta stated that the difficulty of honest trial might be evaluated after the occasions are concluded. The court docket had beforehand rejected objections relating to the conduct of the case inside the jurisdiction of the Republic of Cyprus and described these objections as “unfounded”.
BackgroundSimon Mistriel Aykut was arrested after crossing from northern Cyprus to southern Cyprus in June.
