Murder suspect ‘admits involvement’

MAGDA Eleftheriou, 32, accused of having masterminded her husband Pavlos Christodoulou’s murder last month, is said to have admitted telling her Pakistani lover to strike the victim. She is also said to have admitted calling her husband from a SoEasy mobile phone asking him to meet her at the place where he would be murdered.

Christodoulou was bludgeoned to death late on Saturday, July 17.

Magda’s lover, 28-year-old Zeesharr Asgmas Muhamad and his 23-year-old Chinese roommate Yu Hong Bo, are said to have admitted to killing Christodoulou in writing and named his wife as the mastermind behind the murder.

The body of the 38-year-old contractor from Kaimakli was found incinerated in the boot of his BMW.

According to Politis newspaper, a police source said that with her statement, Magda incriminated herself and “literary shot herself in the foot”.

According to the paper’s source, the investigating team have also managed to collect other incriminating evidence against Magda, who could be facing a life sentence if found guilty.

The three suspects are expected to appear before a Nicosia criminal court today. They face five charges the most serious of which are conspiracy to commit murder and premeditated murder.

Investigating authorities are also expected to get the written consent of the Attorney-general to skip the pre-trial hearing and for the suspects to be sent directly to criminal court.

The prosecution is expected to ask that the suspects be held at the Nicosia Central Prison due to the seriousness of the case until their trial, expected to be set in December.

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