The court of appeals has dismissed an appeal filed by a man who was fined €1,350 for wearing a face mask below his chin during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The man was caught by the police walking up Nicosia’s central Stasikratous Street on December 29, 2020, with his mask below his face, and smoking a cigarette. He was eventually convicted of the crime in 2022.
He had appealed the ruling, saying
