Karpasia teacher arrested for removing vine at her home

A GREEK Cypriot teacher has been released on bail of three billion Turkish lira (£1,000) for uprooting two vine trees and their supports from her mother’s house, which was abandoned after the invasion.

Demetra Kalogirou, who will teach at the soon-to-open gymnasium in the Karpas, was arrested after a complaint by the current inhabitants of the house.

According to Kibris newspaper, Kalogirou was visiting the house in Rizokarpaso and was trying to clean it.

She was taken to a Turkish Cypriot court where she was released on bail.

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