Mr. T wrote:Milo wrote:Reports of shots being fired at a British TV crew in Cyprus, who have been on the Island investigating and filming a number of property scams, have appeared in the Greek language media.
ACCORDING to reports in a number of Greek language newspapers, shots were apparently fired in the direction of a British TV crew filming in Cyprus for the upcoming ITV series ‘Homes from Hell’.
The incident occurred last Sunday when the crew travelled to Frenaros to film the property at the centre of the Conor O’Dwyer case. While filming at the rear of the house they heard gunfire and the sound of shotgun pellets landing in their vicinity.
At the front of the house the film crew were confronted by a number of men, some of whom were armed. They were told that they were on private property and were ordered to stop filming.
The TV crew reported the incident to the Famagusta Divisional Police Headquarters. But apparently the Police declined to visit the scene saying that the shots probably came from hunters in an area near the property where hunting is allowed.
We shall bring you more news on this story as it unfolds. The TV crew are flying back to the UK this evening and we hope to speak with them early next week.
http://www.news.cyprus-property-buyers. ... /id=006121
The following comments made on the Cyprus Mail website are beginning to touch on the ' Cyprus self destruct button'.
Road Warrior comments:
You could not make it up, welcome to “Banjo Country”, they could not show their country in a worse light.
When this is aired in the UK, it will not matter about Eurocypria going bust, possibly eventually followed by Cyprus Airways, nobody will want to come here anyway, why not just close the airports and build another two golf courses……..
Property industry in meltdown, tourist industry in crisis, people stabbing each other in the street in Larnaca and “The Pres,” is pressing the flesh in New York and on a jolly to Slovakia.
Surely, at the next election the Cypriot people will deliver a reality check.
November 11, 2010 at 7:51 pm
Matt comments:
This really resembles a scene from a gipsy camp you know. Where the police or unwelcome visitors arrive and you’re greeted with a shotgun in your face.
Cyprus – where are you heading? Who really wants to live there and who wants their kids growing up amongst this village culture – Not I for sure.
Holidays from Hell – more like the island that time forgot!
It can only get worse from now on and will the British Consulate step in?
I think not..
November 11, 2010 at 7:31 pm
Andrew comments:
A brilliant idea. Congratulations to the persons who fired in the direction of the film crew.
Now UK ITV will certainly be back again and hopefully BBC, Channel 4/5, SKY NEWS etc and maybe even the world media in General.
November 11, 2010 at 7:19 pm
Peter comments:
Welcome to Cyprus where anything goes in a 3rd World Country, how did it ever get into an exclusive club like the EU?
Even the village idiot knows that shooting alongside houses for a certain distances or in a built up area is forbidden.
Hope the crew got all the pictures for their TV program, it will be worthwhile watching another nail in the coffin of Cyprus.
And we and the rest of CF's members decide whats important on here, for once the balance is not one sided, and you and a couple of others do not have free rein to post what you like without any detractors. Get used to it.
