Ex-attorney-general promises to reveal any information he has in ‘Sandy’ case

Former attorney-general Costas Clerides on Saturday said that he will profess any information available to him regarding allegations made by journalist Makarios Drousiotis against a number of high-profile figures.

“Some media outlets are presenting matters as if the former attorney-general is maintaining a strong silence regarding the issues arising from the posts made by Drousiotis,” he said.

“Any limited information that came to my attention after my retirement regarding some official matters will be offered, if necessary, where appropriate, with all my responsibility.”

Drousiotis’ allegations centre on a now 45-year-old woman, known only as ‘Sandy’, who he says was raped and stabbed by former supreme court judge Michalakis Christodoulou, whom he also accuses of fathering three of her children.

According to Drousiotis, ‘Sandy’ had offered this information to her lawyer, Nikos Clerides, who is Costas Clerides’ brother, with this being the source of criticism levelled at the former attorney-general, given that some believe that if his brother knew about the accusations, he must have also known.

Last week, the police searched Nikos Clerides’ home and residence, with former bar association chairman Christos Clerides on Saturday accusing the authorities of acting in a manner akin to “terrorism”.

He asked why the police have not searched the property of Christodoulou or ‘Sandy’.

Christodoulou maintains his innocence, saying that he had “acted like a father” to ‘Sandy’, while other figures named by Drousiotis, including former MEP Demetris Papadakis and Edek deputy leader Morfakis Solomonides, both of whom he alleges to have “acted on the behest of Christodoulou as informants and interlocutors”, have denied the allegations.

Later, Nikos Clerides insinuated that he fears for his life in the aftermath of the allegations’ surfacing, saying, “I feel like I’m in danger”, and adding, “I don’t want anyone to think I’m suicidal”.

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris, meanwhile, said that evidence gathered in connection with the case will be forwarded to the European Union agency for law enforcement (Europol).

Newspaper Phileleftheros, meanwhile, for which Drousiotis previously worked, has insisted that Drousiotis’ accusations do not correspond with reality.

The newspaper wrote on Friday that  ‘Sandy’ has one child, whose father is not Christodoulou, and that Gesy and social insurance records show that she worked continuously in Cyprus between 2001 and 2023, thus ruling out the possibility of her ever having spent an extended period of time in Germany as Drousiotis has claimed.