Paphos Life

Assize court in Paphos on Thursday will sentence a Syrian national who brutally murdered his estranged wife and mother of seven children at her home in the coastal town in January.

The 42-year-old has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of the 32-year-old woman, also from Syria, according to Philenews.

The mother of seven children, five of whom are under 12 and lived with her in Cyprus, was found stabbed to death at her home by a social worker. Three of the children were at the house when she was murdered.

The suspect was tracked down by police in hiding in Limassol three days after the murder. He initially denied any involvement but later admitted during questioning that he had killed his estranged wife for reasons of honour.

Police had told the court during the first remand hearing that they have a video-taped statement from one of the children who woke from the loud voices and saw the father stab the mother.

The child also asked to draw the incident and the picture shows the father stabbing the mother, according to police.

http://www.use-the-final-link/news/251299 ... anged-wife


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Syrian who brutally murdered his estranged wife sentenced by Paphos Court

The Paphos Assize sentenced the 42-year-old Syrian national to 18 years in prison for murdering his estranged wife and mother of seven children at the house where she lived with five of them.

The case that shocked Cyprus took place on the morning of January 20th at the house where the Syrian mother lived with her children in Paphos as reported in Philenews.

The 32-year-old Syrian woman was found stabbed to death in her home just hours after it happened by a social worker.

Three of the children were at the house when she was murdered.

The suspect was tracked down by police hiding in Limassol three days after the murder. He initially denied any involvement but later admitted during questioning that he had killed his estranged wife for reasons of honour.

The unfortunate 32-year-old’s five underage children remain in the custody of social services.

https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/syrian- ... hos-court/

I don't know whether Cyprus has a similar gaol system as the UK, where with good prison behavior, this man could be out of gaol in 9 years and if so, do people believe that that is right when a life has been taken? For me, that is so wrong!

A very sad story.


Jim

One shot to the back of the head would of been my preferred sentance

Yes, summary justice would have brought closure to this very sad case. But unfortunately 'honour killing is accepted by Syrians in cases where the wife has been found to be cheating on her husband. Was this one of these cases?
The real victims of this are the poor children, what harm it has done to them.

Dee

Dee

Yes your heart goes out to the children doesn't it, a truly terrible experience for them. Just as a matter of interest, I wonder if 'honour killing' is accepted where the husband has cheated on the wife, I suspect not.

Jackie