Woman stabs husband with kitchen knife in Limassol
A 63-year-old woman was remanded in custody on Saturday on suspicion of having stabbed her husband to death with a kitchen knife. She reportedly denies having committed the crime and claims her husband injured himself. Police though said they
A 63-year-old woman was remanded in custody on Saturday on suspicion of having stabbed her husband to death with a kitchen knife.
She reportedly denies having committed the crime and claims her husband injured himself.
Police though said they are investigating a case of premeditated murder.
The Limassol resident had called the emergency services to her apartment at around 9.40pm, requesting an ambulance.
The police also attended the scene and found 62-year-old Ukrainian national Vitaly Shostak dead in the living room with a single stab wound in his chest.
Police took a kitchen knife as evidence, while a forensic pathologist visited the apartment to conduct an autopsy and certify Shostak’s death.
The woman was arrested in the early hours of Saturday morning.
News website Cyprus Times reported that when arrested on suspicion of murder, the woman told the police “I didn’t do anything like that”.
In court on Saturday, police said the woman denies all charges.
An officer said the woman had told police that as it was her birthday on Friday, they were opening gifts sent by their son, who is in the United Kingdom.
Then, she reportedly said, at some point, her husband went to the kitchen and returned to the living room with the knife lodged in his chest. She said he then collapsed, and she removed the knife, placed it next to him, and called the police.
Cyprus Times reported that she had called the emergency services “in a state of shock” and had told them “my husband kill me [sic], help me, help me, help me”.
Newspaper Phileleftheros reported that the woman had said that when Shostak returned to the living room, his shirt was covered in blood and he was breathing heavily.
She did, however, admit that there had been an argument between them shortly before he died, and that they had both been drinking alcohol.
News website Alpha News reported that the woman had become upset and called their son to tell him “not to send them so many sweets”, and that this was the root cause of the argument between the pair.
It was also heard in court that investigators had obtained testimony stating that “voices were heard” from inside the apartment and that a person who went to see what was going on “saw the victim covered in blood and breathing heavily”.
The woman was remanded in custody for eight days by Limassol district court.
Police investigations into the matter are ongoing. A total of five statements have been taken so with police intending to take 25 more.
The police are also reportedly set to examine CCTV footage from the surrounding area.
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