THE LIMASSOL Assizes court yesterday sentenced a 74-year-old man to ten years’ imprisonment for shooting dead his neighbour following an argument, killing the victim in front of his wife and teenage son.
The court found the man guilty of manslaughter.
The neighbours – both living in a Limassol apartment block – argued on July 6 after the victim’s son told his father the neighbour had reprimanded him for stomping over his air conditioning compressor.
The victim, a 45-year-old Iranian asylum seeker, then argued with his neighbour, a Greek Cypriot, over the pensioner telling off his son.
The 74-year-old was out on his balcony when the two started arguing.
At some point, the Iranian started going to the 74-year-old’s apartment and was met by the pensioner who shot him in the head with a shotgun he was carrying.
The victim’s wife and son witnessed the shooting, Cyprus News Agency said.
The pensioner closed himself in his apartment after the shooting, but later surrendered when the police arrived.
Cyprus Mail