Escaped murderer returned to isolation cell

Convicted escaped murderer, 42-year-old Doros Theofanous, is being returned to the Central Prisons to an isolation cell, after being interrogated by police in Paphos on Monday. Earlier reports had stated he was to be brought before the Paphos

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Sep 30 2024
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Convicted escaped murderer, 42-year-old Doros Theofanous, is being returned to the Central Prisons to an isolation cell, after being interrogated by police in Paphos on Monday.

Earlier reports had stated he was to be brought before the Paphos District Court, however police clarified that this was not a required procedure.

Theofanous was arrested on Sunday afternoon at the Limassol tourist area of Amathus.

Theofanous escaped last Thursday after an approved return, under guard, to his family home in the village of Choletria. It has since been reported that the home visit entailed a gathering of over 25 people.

The killer had been under the guard of seven police and prison officers when he managed to slip away.

He was located after an intensive manhunt around 5.25pm on Sunday on the beachfront in Limassol.

It emerged he had gone to a kiosk where he purchased sim cards, whereupon the employee who recognised him from his mug shot, called him in.

Nothing untoward was found in his possession, police spokesman Christos Andreou reported, except a beach towel from a hotel.

It appears that Theofanous has been dropped off in Limassol by a 26-year-old person known to him, where he had been in hiding out, first at an apartment inhabited by acquaintances, and later at an uninhabited flat.

The 26-year-old was later arrested and is currently being held in police custody. Three others arrested in connection with the escape have since been released.

Crisis management centres had been set up at police headquarters and in the districts of Paphos and Limassol during the hunt for the escapee, amid speculation that he would likely aim to get away through the north.

In the wake of Theofanou’s re-arrest on Sunday evening, President Nikos Christodoulides announced the dismissal of the police chief and deputy chief, Stylianos Papatheodorou and Demitris Demitriou, and their replacement with Themistos Arnaoutis and Panicos Stavrou.