![]() ![]() However, his and Alexandropoulos’ new findings were in line with an earlier judgement by the European Court of Human Rights (Echr) which stated that Cypriot police had bungled the initial investigation into the young soldier’s death. However, he was later removed from the probe by the AG for revealing details of the investigation to the media. The pathologist added that the fracture could only have been caused by strangulation or hanging.Īside from Alexandropoulos, Savvas Matsas was also nominated as an official investigator on the case. ![]() One of the two inquests was carried out by Greek pathologist Demetra Karayianni, who said she had found that the guardsman’ hyoid – a U shaped bone that supports the tongue – was fractured, and it had been inflicted before his death. Savvides said the decision to appoint two investigators and task them with compiling a detailed report on the case was based on earlier inquests filed by two experts who had examined Nicolaou’s remains – after his mother won the right for his remains to be exhumed – and the findings of two previous inquests. She had always argued his death was the result of bullying while he was in the National Guard. The official explanation for Nicolaou’s death is still suicide, a ruling that his mother had always rejected. Referring to Alexandropoulos’ report she said: “The truth is there somewhere and it needs to be uncovered after so many years in which it was buried.” One thing, however, is sure, this is not the end of it,” she said. She did not rule out legal action against the state. Nicolaou’s mother said that the report will need to be studied carefully, before deciding what the next steps will be. Nicolaou’s mother received the report directly from Alexandropoulos, who was also present during the meeting, along with the deputy police chief Demetris Demetriou and several officials from the legal service.ĭue to the meeting’s inconclusiveness, the parties decided that another meeting to discuss the matter will need to take place. “This despite the fact that the report filed by Antonis Alexandropoulos, one of the two criminal investigators tasked with shedding light on the death of my son, suggests that at least three police officers and a forensic pathologist, could be involved in covering up the reasons behind his death,” she said. ![]()
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