Soldiers beat up driving instructor after he failed one of them

 

TWO 18-year-old conscripts beat up a Paphos driving examiner, sending him to hospital, because he failed one of them, police said yesterday.

The incident happened on Thursday afternoon, a couple of hours after the 27-year-old examiner failed one of the suspects who made a series of mistakes during his driving test.

Police said the 27-year-old had been intercepted by the two suspects on a main Paphos road while testing another driver.

“They got out of the car, approached the examiner and demanded from him to issue a driver’s licence,” police spokesman Michalis Katsounotos said.

The examiner tried to calm the youths down, explaining that he could not breach procedures.

The pair assaulted the examiner, breaking his jaw and several teeth, before abandoning the scene.

The man was hospitalised while the two soldiers were arrested by police.

The spokesman said they were expected to be charged in writing yesterday and released.

 

 

 

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