Water boss faces 29 charges of abuse of power

WATER Development director Lakis Christodoulou was yesterday charged on 29 counts in connection with abuse of power and tarnishing the public sector.

Christodoulou was officially charged before a Nicosia District court yesterday and pleaded not guilty to all counts.

Among the various charges, Christodoulou is accused of employing civil servants and using state-owned equipment to build his luxury home in Nicosia.

The top civil servant has been suspended from his duties pending the outcome of the legal proceedings, which will get under way on December 4.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.