From nine in the morning, one after the other, the 67 arrested for the murder of the policeman will pass through the door of the judicial authorities in the courts of the former Evelpidon school Giorgos Lyggeridis facing one very heavy indictment with offences including homicide and organized crime. Of the 67 people arrested, 63 people are charged with participating in fan violence, 3 with drug possession and 1 person with weapons violations. Charges of moral complicity in the fatal wounding of 31-year-old police officer Giorgos Lyggeridis are expected to be attributed to 5 people.
It took four months to identify 158 people and to make 67 arrests in one morning. At the same time, the houses of the accused were searched and persuasive items such as computers and even bats that are elements of the case were confiscated.
Although the case file for the murder of the unfortunate police officer last December in Rentis is being handled by an investigator in Piraeus, nevertheless the new defendants will be brought before the judicial authorities in Athens mainly for security reasons.
Among the defendants three persons who are considered the die-hard core of fans. All three had been subpoenaed for testimony since the beginning of the case with the evidence going against them. Evidence obtained through video and DNA analysis.
One of them was even considered a suspect from the start as a moral author. He was the first to be called to testify along with the 18-year-old remanded defendant.
The man had admitted that he had gone to the Melina Merkouri stadium to hand out a banner for the stand and then left before the incidents began. He even mentioned that during his stay for a few minutes in the area, people he knew told him that there are going to be episodes from some fans who would deliberately attack the police officers. No incriminating evidence was found in the search of his home.
In leading team allegedly to be and a young man who is well known in the fandom. The authorities were watching his every move and his recent actions showed that he is going to go abroad.
Among the defendants is the 16-year-old brother of the remanded defendant.
He admitted 4 months ago when he was called to testify that he caught flare but without launching it:
“Just as I went out to yell for my brother to go back and not go to the episodes someone I don’t know gave me a flare. I asked what it was and he said let’s go throw it away. I let her out of my hands and re-entered the field”
The pre-trial depositions
The accused immediately after their arrests were called to testify. Most according to Newpost secure information they refused to give any information and informed what they have to say they will tell the judicial authorities.
According to the announcements of the police, the action of most of them can be traced from 2019 not only in Attica, but also in Volos and Ioannina.
After the attack with naval flare at the policeman the Authorities, although they brought 400 people, then found their mouths hermetically sealed.
Even the 18-year-old defendant claimed that the person who gave him the flare had his features covered and could not recognize him. He only spoke of one person who had… a beard. But it seems he was in the mood to talk as well requested to be placed under witness protection status but this was not done as he was already a defendant.
The solution to the mystery was provided by the frame-by-frame analyzes of the videos at the time of the attack on the unfortunate police officer.
The authorities now have a clear picture of the roles of each of the accused on the fateful night.
