A 98-year-old woman is among 40 elderly women ordered to appear in court to face a gambling charge after police raided their poker party more than two years ago.
The daughter of the 98-year-old, Yioula Diakonti ,told RIK radio Thursday that the women, most of them in their 70s, were stunned to receive a court summons this week.
Diakonti said the women are surprised that they are being prosecuted for what she said was penny-ante gambling. She said two of the women have since died and another two are now in a nursing home.
Gambling is punishable by up to six months in jail or a €750 fine.
The women may be pardoned as the attorney general looks at the case again.
Cyprus Weekly