Famagusta District Court on Wednesday imposed a five-month prison sentence on a 47-year-old man for indecent assaults and acts committed against five, one who was a minor.
According to police, the 47-year-old man was arrested on August 12, and appeared on Wednesday morning before the Famagusta District Court which sentenced him to five months in jail with immediate effect.
Police said the five women, aged 17 to 22, complained to the police that on three separate dates, in an area in Ayia Napa, an unknown man, performed indecent acts against them and indecently assaulted two of them.
Shortly before 6.30am on July 30, while a woman was in an area in Ayia Napa, a man allegedly attacked her indecently. In the same area at around 7.30am on August 7, two women were approached by a suspicious man who stopped the car he was driving near them and after opening the door of his vehicle, allegedly performed an indecent act in front of them.
Police said on August 11, shortly after 6.00am, in the same area, the man approached two other women and after exiting the vehicle he was driving, allegedly committed an indecent act in front of them and indecently assaulted one of them.
Police said officers “conducted investigations in the area, which yielded evidence against the suspect and a warrant for his arrest was issued against him. The 47-year-old was located and arrested shortly after 9.00am on Monday morning, August 12, and was taken into custody”.
