Woman remanded after objects found in dead husband’s mouth

By Constantinos Psillides
A woman whose husband last month died after several items were inserted into his mouth was on Tuesday remanded for three days by the Famagusta District Court.
The 39-year-old Russian woman’s husband died on September 10 at their house in Paralimni.
The husband, a 47-year-old businessman, was found dead on the sofa. A postmortem showed he had suffered a heart attack but the actual cause of death was drowning from blood in his lungs.
Police found multiple objects inside the man’s mouth, which resulted in a number of wounds. The objects included coins, a fork and a pair of sunglasses.
The woman told investigators she found her husband unconscious on the sofa and that she was trying to keep his mouth open by inserting objects into it. She added that when she thought she couldn’t handle the situation she called the police for help.
The Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reports that the woman had psychological issues and she has been under observation at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital since the day of the incident.
The couple have a 10-year-old son who is being looked after by the welfare service.

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