CyBC editor fined for indecent assault

CYPRUS Broadcasting Corporation editor Spyros Kettiros was fined £1,000 yesterday after a Nicosia court last week found him guilty of indecent assault and actual bodily harm.

He had been accused by a female co-worker, who told the court he had indecently assaulted her, grabbed her by the neck and bitten her ear.

The incident took place on March 24 last year, when the plaintiff went to his office to wish him a happy birthday and occurred as they were shaking hands. The court also heard Kettiros had acted indecently towards the young woman in the past by way of verbal harassment and surprise pinches on her waist.

The penalty for indecent assault is two years imprisonment and/or a fine of up to £1,500, while actual bodily harm carries a penalty of three years imprisonment and/or a fine.

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