Couple beaten up after surprising thieves

A GROUP of youths beat up a 60-year-old man and his wife after the couple tried to prevent them from stealing car parts, police said yesterday.

Iacovos Sophrianou told police that at around 2am on Sunday, he and his wife saw a dark coloured Mazda 323 stop in a field next to their Limassol home.

He said that six young men then got out of the car and began removing exterior parts from Sophrianou’s two cars, which were parked in the field.

When Sophrianou and his wife Kyriaki, 55, ran out to stop the youths, they were attacked. Sophrianou lost two teeth and his wife sustained a hand injury.

They were taken to hospital and released after receiving first aid.

The youths escaped with the car parts while police are continuing investigations. The value of the parts had not yet been calculated, police said yesterday.

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