Re-trial in hit-and-run case

THE Supreme Court has ordered a re-trial of a fatal hit-and-run case that happened in Limassol in 2007, involving a 20-year-old woman who had been acquitted due to the falsification of vital evidence.

The 20-year-old faces charges of causing death through a negligent act and violating traffic lights in connection with the death of Emilios Ioannou, 17.

The woman had been acquitted of the first charge in 2009, but while preparing to appeal, the attorney-general’s office discovered discrepancies in the trial documents.

Authorities found out that an eyewitness deposition, which eventually led the court to acquit the woman, had been falsified.

Police arrested the 34-year-old female state prosecutor who tried the case and two lawyers who had defended the woman.

The prosecutor was remanded in custody for four days after which she was released pending the police investigation.

The court had rejected a police request to detain the two lawyers.

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