Appeal court quashes conviction over deadly Arakapas fire

The Court of Appeal has cleared a 69-year-old man jailed for eight years over the fire that tore through mountainous Limassol in July 2021 and killed four workers, ruling that his guilt was not proved beyond reasonable doubt.

The three-member court reached its decision unanimously and issued it on August 11, more than three years after the conviction. It quashed both convictions arising from the fire: causing it, and lighting a fire in the open without a permit on the same day. The Limassol...