Date set for Kilani murder trial

THE DATE for the trial of Michaelis Efstathiou Panis, 66, who is suspected of killing 60-year-old Matthias Christofi in October, was yesterday set for November 27.

Panis was remanded in custody until then by Limassol District Court.

Christofi was found dead in Kilani village centre, where both men lived. He had been killed by repeated blows to the head with a sharp object thought to be a meat cleaver. The suspected murder weapon has never been found.

Christofi and Panis had property disputes going back 30 years. Panis maintains he is innocent of the charges and that there is no evidence against him. Police, however, say forensic evidence links him to the killing.

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