A. Demetriou for "Orphan" fatality in 2012: Meeting with the Chief of Police

Developments regarding the “orphan” fatality that occurred in 2012 and resulted in the death of 17-year-old Andreas Loizou are expected to emerge, possibly, after the meeting between the family’s lawyer, Antonis Dimitriou, and the Chief of Police, Stelios Papatheodorou, which is scheduled for next Monday, June 12.

Speaking on “Protoselido”, Mr. Dimitriou initially clarified, as he said:

“I must clarify some things that are floating around. Here an issue emerged from Social Media and the Media. Our role, as Cyprus lawyers, begins and ends within the Courts or through actions that take place within the institutional frameworks that always exist ,” he emphasized.

At the same time, Mr. Dimitriou, after clarifying that “when the Attorney General answers you and closes the door on you, a lawyer cannot do anything else “, asked: “What should he do? Does he have a choice? “. ” And it is not only in this case. Here too, perhaps the media should suggest solutions, because this is the tip of the iceberg. This issue arose, while we had a final answer from the Legal Service and to be honest about the former Attorney General, whether someone agrees or disagrees, no one can question his honesty and his legal training .”

According to the lawyer for the family of the unfortunate Loizos, the former Attorney General had informed him that, within the framework of the investigations that were carried out and the death investigation, no one should be prosecuted. ” Our position was of course different. Successive letters were sent to the Attorney General and fortunately, for some reason, the issue was raised on Social Media and in the media. We sent a letter again to the Attorney General and it seems that now the issue will be investigated again ,” he added.

Asked if he believes the Police did not do what they should, Mr. Dimitriou estimated that the investigation could have been better. ” Our office has been dealing with combative law for 28 years. It deals with the problems of the world, we fight for the people, we do everything that is humanly possible. We see too many things that should be improved. Here the investigation that was carried out, in our opinion, could have been better, ” he said, revealing, in fact, that ” so that you understand, when the incident occurred, a relative of the family, a very close friend of mine, a brotherly friend of mine, together with a lawyer from my office, conducted an investigation themselves to locate CCTV (closed-circuit television) so that the unknown car could also be located. ” Here, however, something we disagreed with the Attorney General, in addition to the unknown X or unknown X, there is also the issue of the driver , where after the post-mortem examination, it is clear that he is also responsible. He was not prosecuted either ,” he further pointed out.

At the same time, the lawyer for the 17-year-old’s family announced that ” the other Monday, the Chief of Police contacted me, and a meeting has been arranged for June 12, at 10:00 in the morning, at the Police Headquarters , with the Chief himself “, while when asked if this is a good development, Mr. Dimitriou, after answering in the affirmative, indicated: ” It is, but should this issue be raised by the Media in order for this development to proceed and take place? “, he wondered, noting that ” we will possibly request either a criminal investigator or independent officers who will be able to investigate the case “.

Here’s what the lawyer for the family of the unfortunate 17-year-old said in detail in the video: