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Marios and Christoforos Karayiannas have been formally charged with grievous bodily harm committed against Londoner Conor O'Dwyer in the Republic of Cyprus in January 2008. The Cypriot Consular General in London Evangelos Savva confirmed that the Police in Cyprus have indicted three men including Christoforos and Marios Karyiannas of GBH against Conor O'Dwyer in the ongoing dispute involving a villa bought by O'Dwyer and resold to another expat by Karayiannas. Conor O'Dwyer and a group of disgruntled Brits will be demonstrating this Sunday outside of Alexandra Palace in north London were the President of the Republic of Cyprus Dimitris Christofias will be speaking. Cyprus has been a popular destination for Brits buying second homes or even emigrating to the Mediterranean island, with an estimated 50,000 a year buying property. The case of Conor O'Dwyer was highlighted by thelondondailynews.com; his case is now with the Cypriot legal system despite three years of inaction O'Dwyer is now pushing ahead for the return of his home or money in the region of £300,000, the value of his property. O'Dwyer has been denied access to his villa by an ex-pat who acquired the villa despite it being registered in the name of Conor O'Dwyer at the Land Registry in Cyprus.
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