Category: Legal Affairs

The trial of former special guard Epameinonda Korcone, held at the Mixed Jury Court of Lamia, commenced and was interrupted on April 4th amidst significant tensions and three major adjournments. The defense lawyer resigned in protest over the stance taken by the family’s lawyer of the murdered victim, Zoi Konstantopoulou. The first tension arose when…

Today, the prosecutor of the Three-Member Appeals Court for Felonies will deliver her responses regarding what happened on the evening of July 23, 2018, in Eastern Attica. The fire began in Dao Penteli and led to devastation in Mati, claiming 93 lives and causing nine people to drown as they sought refuge in the sea.…

Maria Karystianou, representing the victims’ families in the Tempi disaster case, has filed a supplementary complaint against Special Investigating Judge Sotiris Bakaimis. The complaint focuses on 649,000 files that allegedly were not included in the official documentation of the case, as claimed by the relatives of the 57 victims. This new complaint supplements an earlier…

In an urgent directive, the prosecutor has requested the Chief Prosecutor of the First Instance Court of Athens, Aristidis Kora, to investigate posts targeting the special investigating judge handling the case of the train collision tragedy. The Areios Pagos prosecutor attached a specific post in her directive to Mr. Kora and requested an immediate preliminary…