Dead man found in abandoned pub

THE DECOMPOSED body of a man was found inside an abandoned pub in Limassol on Thursday night.

A police spokesman said: “The man was lying at the bottom of the stairs inside the bar. From preliminary tests we have established that the man is a foreigner and between the ages of 45 and 55.” The spokesman said that the police acted after members of the public, complained about the smell emanating from the pub.

The abandoned pub where the body was found is in the heart of the Limassol tourist area, in Yermasoyia and specifically in the popular shopping and restaurant mall Galatex Centre.

Around the man’s body there were countless empty alcohol bottles and there was a blood trail on the stairs. Police are not treating the death suspiciously after state coroner Nicos Charalambous confirmed in an autopsy conducted yesterday morning at 9am that there had been no foul play involved in his death.

Charalambous said: “We don’t know exactly when he died, he had two bruises on the side of his head but they were probably incurred from falling down the stairs.”

The police spokesman added: “He could have been just a victim of poverty who needed a place to stay.”

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