Three arrested following murder of 51-year-old in Peyia

A 51-year-old British man was killed in Peyia, Cyprus, on the night of November 9, 2026, following a violent altercation. The victim, identified as Greg Keenan, died of hemorrhagic shock caused by a single stab wound to his aorta. On November 10, the Paphos District Court remanded his 42-year-old female partner and her 20-year-old son into custody for eight days. The son has confessed to the stabbing, claiming he intervened during a heated argument where the victim was allegedly threatening his mother, whom he accused of infidelity.

Authorities subsequently arrested a 35-year-old woman, a Scottish national and permanent resident of Cyprus, who is a friend of the 20-year-old suspect. Investigators believe she was tasked with transporting the wounded man to the hospital but abandoned him in a vehicle approximately 800 meters from the crime scene after allegedly panicking.

Police are currently searching for the weapon used in the incident, which the 20-year-old claimed he discarded in the Kakoskali area of the Akamas peninsula. The case is being treated as a homicide, with ongoing forensic testing and toxicological analysis to investigate the suspects' claims regarding the victim's history of cocaine use and abusive behavior. The investigation is now considered largely solved, though technical examinations are pending.