Priest convicted over pistol

Larnaca - An elderly Cypriot priest was given a four-month suspended prison sentence yesterday for illegal possession of a pistol…

Larnaca - An elderly Cypriot priest was given a four-month suspended prison sentence yesterday for illegal possession of a pistol used to threaten a strip-club owner.

Papademetris Neothytou Taliadoros (72), an Orthodox priest, was sentenced by a court in Larnaca following his conviction for possession of a Beretta 7.65 mm handgun and 26 bullets without a licence.

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