Man held in SBA on suspicion of indecent assault

A 38-YEAR-OLD Cypriot has been remanded in British bases police custody suspected of indecent assaults on children at the beach.

The father-of-two from Ormidhia faces charges in relation to indecent assault, indecent exposure and indecent acts in public against children.

The offences allegedly took place on June 25 and 26 at the Romanzo beach, which is within the Dhekelia SBA.

During the course of their investigation, SBA police have come across similar allegations from Greek Cypriot families, which they think could be linked to the suspect.

According to parents’ allegations, the suspect also indecently exposed himself in front of two girls aged under 12 in the same beach area on June 24.

He was picked out in a police identity parade by one of his alleged victims on Tuesday.

The suspect told police he could not remember approaching any children on the beach, the court heard yesterday.

Police said the man was known to welfare services who had investigated allegations that he abused his own children.

The suspect was remanded in custody for eight days to prevent him from tampering with witnesses.

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