Wife blamed for burned BMW

THE TORCHING of a BMW in Paphos is being linked to the revenge of a woman scorned.

The pride and joy of car owner Michalis Platonos went up in flames at 3am yesterday morning while it was parked in the municipal market.

When police questioned Michalis, he pointed the finger firmly at his estranged wife, Evanthia, 36, from Timi.

He claimed the car was a victim of their acrimonious separation and the source of her ire.

Following the accusation, Evanthia was arrested by police as the suspect arsonist. All police would say yesterday was that they believed the car had been torched because of “family differences”.

Although the fire brigade were alerted by an anonymous caller, it was too late to save the car from extensive damage, police said.

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