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ARTICLE · 02 MARCH 2020

‘Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied'

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She then considers the ‘human rights' implications of tardy investigation processes in respect of two very high-profile cases that occurred in Cyprus in modern times.

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It seems that the above quote, attributed to the former UK Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone, has become our brutal reality in Cyprus during the last two years. This is clearly demonstrated if we consider a recent case which dominated local and international news and which shocked, not only the people of Cyprus, but also of the whole world.

I refer, of course, to the arrest and confession of the first known Cypriot serial-killer1, who committed the murders of five women and two children. Equally as shocking as these terrible crimes, however, is the indisputable proof of the failure of the justice system as a whole as regards the case. Particularly alarming was the failure of the police authorities to conduct an effective search to try to find the victims at the initial stage of their being reported missing.

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