A man in south Cyprus has been arrested and detained for seven days for raping his wife.

According to the report by In-Cyprus, the man was arrested and issued a detention order by a Larnaca district court on Tuesday on suspicion of assaulting and raping his 22 year old wife in front of their children.

The alleged incident occurred in September. 

The man, who is from Bangladesh, has been detained while the wife and three children have been taken into care by social services.