A WOMAN was remanded in custody for eight days yesterday by the Limassol district court in connection with the murder of her 34-year-old husband.
The 39-year-old Greek Cypriot woman was arrested on Friday night in Kapsalos after police found her Romanian husband Adrian Andritoiu lying dead in a pool of blood in their kitchen.
According to police, the 34-year-old was fatally stabbed on Friday evening after an argument broke out between him and his wife after she pleaded with him to stop drinking alcohol. The two were preparing to host guests to celebrate the husband’s name day when the argument over his drinking turned violent.
According to reports, the woman tried to grab the glass from her husband’s hand. He allegedly hit her, and in response, she grabbed the kitchen knife and stabbed him in the chest.
State pathologist Eleni Antoniou who examined the body said the victim sustained injuries to the left side of his chest where the heart is.
When police arrived at the scene, they found the husband lying dead in the kitchen, while the wife was found a few metres away from the house in a state of shock. Police confiscated as evidence a kitchen knife and other items from the home which were taken for forensic testing. The couple had been married for three years. The 34-year-old had a daughter from his first marriage who lives in Romania.