{"id":3283,"date":"2024-02-27T12:11:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T10:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=3283"},"modified":"2024-02-27T12:11:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T10:11:41","slug":"thanasis-nicolaou-s-case-a-coverup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=3283","title":{"rendered":"Thanasis Nicolaou, \u2019s case \u2018a coverup\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/thanasis-nicolaou-s-case-a-coverup.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\">The investigation into Thanasis Nicolaou\u2019s death was negligent and irresponsible, Limassol district court heard on Tuesday.Jarring statements were made during the inquiry over Nicolaou, who was found dead under a bridge in 2005. Though it was ruled a suicide, his family has been fighting for 18 years to say Nicolaou was killed and his murder covered up.A day earlier, Nicolaou\u2019s legal team filed a request that <strong>sent shockwaves in the courtroom<\/strong>, asking for a police officer to take the stand.He would be called to state on the record, the details of a testimony he received in January, where an individual confessed that Nicolaou was murdered by a group of people. One man had been named in the testimony.<strong>\u2018This is beyond negligence\u2019 <\/strong>Nonetheless, the judge on Tuesday ruled that the police officer would not take the stand, as this is an inquiry into Nicolaou\u2019s death, and not a prosecution case.Meanwhile, Savvas Matsas, an investigator into the case who had been removed by the attorney-general for revealing details of his findings to the media, did not hold back when he took the stand.\u201cThe omissions are so many, so great, that it <strong>crosses the boundaries of gross negligence<\/strong> and borders on a cover-up,\u201d he told the court.\u201cI have never seen a more negligent and irresponsible investigation.\u201dMore shortly\u2026Follow the<br \/>\nCyprus Mail  on Google News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The investigation into Thanasis Nicolaou&#8217;s death, who was found dead under a bridge in 2005 and initially ruled a suicide, was criticized as negligent and irresponsible by the Limassol district court. Despite his family&#8217;s 18-year battle claiming Nicolaou was murdered, a judge ruled that a police officer, who was to testify about a confession received in January stating Nicolaou was murdered by a group, would not take the stand. Investigator Savvas Matsas, removed by the attorney-general for disclosing investigation details to the media, described the investigation&#8217;s omissions as crossing into gross negligence and possibly a cover-up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[932,3,121,250,24,183,184,934,656],"class_list":["post-3283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-court","tag-cyprus","tag-featured","tag-google","tag-limassol","tag-murder","tag-police","tag-suicide","tag-thanasis-nicolaou"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Thanasis Nicolaou, \u2019s case \u2018a 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