A 47-YEAR-OLD Russian businessman was found dead in his house in Protaras by his wife on Wednesday with police not ruling out foul play.
The man, a permanent resident of Cyprus, was found in the living room of his home at Mesogios Gardens in Protaras.
He was found dead on the couch by his 39-year-old wife, also Russian. The couple have a ten-year-old child.
Police have not ruled out foul play as state pathologists found bruises and other – unspecified – wounds on his face and throat.
A postmortem was done last night Wednesday night to determine the exact cause of death.
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Police have arrested a Russian woman, 39, after her husband died on Wednesday at the couple’s house in Protaras, Famagusta.
A postmortem showed that the 47-year-old businessman had suffered a heart attack but he had died after he choked on his own blood that came from wounds in his mouth caused when his wife used various objects allegedly in a bid to keep it open.
State pathologists Nikolas Charalambous and Sophocles Sophocleous concluded that the man drowned in his own blood from cuts in his mouth.
According to a police source, the 39-year-old wife stuffed her husband’s mouth with sunglasses, a fork and coins.
“Some of the objects couldn’t fit but his mouth was definitely full and he was bleeding,” said the source.
The wife told police that he found her husband unconscious on the couch and tried to save him by keeping his mouth open.
She is currently under observation at a psychiatric facility in Nicosia. The couple has a 10-year-old son who was placed in the care of the welfare service.
Cyprus Mail
