Drousiotis accepts challenge for examination of devices in “Sandy” case

Nicosia, Cyprus. Makarios Drousiotis said he accepts a challenge for his devices to be examined in connection with the “Sandy” affair, while questioning why her phone was reportedly lost but her computer remained available.

Drousiotis faces charges of publishing false news, circulating a forged document and harassment in connection with the case.

Response to written statement

In a social media post responding to a written statement attributed to “Sandy” and published by Cyprus Times, Drousiotis said the evidence had “already started to speak”.

He referred to a computer which, he said, “Sandy” had stated would “make hearts cry” if examined.

Drousiotis said Mr Kalatzis had published statements attributed to “Sandy”, whom he had repeatedly described as a mythomaniac. He said that, if the statements genuinely came from her and not from a third party acting on her behalf, he would respond to the challenge for an examination of his devices.

Claims over messages and evidence

Drousiotis said there was nothing on his devices concerning the trail of the messages and that it was not secret how they reached him. He said he had received them on a USB stick and in printouts.

He said the authenticity, original source and verification of the messages’ content were more important than the route through which they were delivered.

Drousiotis said examinations of devices and other digital material were under way with financial support from citizens. He claimed that the evidence undermined both the police’s account and the narrative that “Sandy” fabricated the messages herself and that their content was imagined.

He said he could not disclose further details because, in his view, the Police and the Law Office had chosen to prosecute him rather than investigate the case.