The hearing was adjourned to Tuesday, February 11.

Prosecutor: 'Simon Aykut's General Health Condition is Good, He Does Not Have Cancer' Prosecutor: 'Simon Aykut's General Health Condition is Good, He Does Not Have Cancer'

While the defendant Aykut denied the 242 charges, the prosecutor's office requested that his detention continue until the main hearing, which will begin on March 26. However, the defense lawyer objected to this request after a specialist doctor brought from England diagnosed Aykut with prostate cancer.

In the hearings held on Thursday and Friday, Central Prison doctor Eleni Antoniou, Nicosia General Hospital urology specialist Andreas Kyriakides and British doctor George Kaye were heard as witnesses. Dr. Kaye came to the court upon the invitation of the defense and provided information about Aykut's health condition.

The hearing was adjourned until Tuesday, February 11, after prosecutor Andreas Aristides requested additional time to cross-examine the British doctor. Defense attorney Maria Neofitou informed the court that they also wanted to hear Dimitrios Vombas, Director of Radiation Oncology and Nuclear Medicine at the Bank of Cyprus Oncology Center, as a witness.

Central Prison doctor Antoniou gave a detailed account of the medical examinations conducted on Aykut from his entry to prison until February 5. He stated that the defendant ate regularly, slept, went out for fresh air and did not complain of any health problems. He also argued that it was not possible to make a definitive diagnosis of cancer through remote examination.

Diagnosed with cancer remotely

Urologist Kyriakides evaluated the results of the examinations conducted on Aykut on February 5, stating that an enlarged prostate was detected, but that a multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) should be performed to definitively determine the suspicion of prostate cancer.

British doctor Kaye explained that thanks to a special technology developed in his London clinic, they were able to detect "circulating cancer cells" in the blood and determine whether the patient had cancer. Kaye stated that blood and saliva samples taken from Aykut were examined and the results showed that he had prostate cancer, and argued that it was "unacceptable" that further tests were not performed despite the high PSA values ​​in previous blood tests. (CNA)