Who will evaluate the evidence, Mr Savvides?

In the Rikkos Erotokritou case, which ended in conviction at the Criminal Court in 2017, the then Attorney-General, Costas Clerides, appointed a private criminal investigator, Panayiotis Kallis, alongside private public prosecutors, Elias Stefanou and Savvas Angelidis. All at once. So that they could work together, with the prosecutors steering the investigation from the start.

The public prosecutor’s role was essential. He directed the investigation to make sure it delivered exactly the...