Businessman Theodoros Aristodemou confirmed he gave a statement to police yesterday concerning complaints against Paphos mayor Phedon Phedonos for the alleged commission of a serious offence.
Speaking to Alpha about his own complaint against Phedonos 10 years ago describing him as a “rapist and blackmailer”, and whether he had taken action on those claims, Aristodemou said: “I reported them on television on the programme that existed then on CyBC. I didn’t feel I needed to make another complaint.”
He added: “At that time with my complaint I challenged him to take me to court so I could prove it before a court. He neither took me nor moved against me.”
Asked whether yesterday’s testimony to police could substantiate a case, he answered: “I cannot express that position. I said what I believe is correct.”
Asked whether he has contacted the alleged victim who confided the related complaint to him, Aristodemou answered: “I have not come into contact with any other person. It is a matter that was referred to in that era,” referring to 2016.
“I was willing, as I had said, to report what I reported on television to any authority,” he said, adding: “In my opinion my statement was specific.”
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