Five from the 32 defendants who were taken to court this morning already have apologize to the three investigators handling the case of the criminal organization of fans, which is attributed the responsibility for the murderous attack with a naval flare against the police officer Giorgos Lyggeridis outside the closed stadium Melina Merkouris in Rentis.
According to information, some of the five of the second group of defendants who are accountable to the authorities for the case, have already been released with the agreement of the Investigator and Prosecutor. With the apologies of 32 the first phase of the criminal case is completed today regarding the positions expressed to judicial officials by the persons arrested in the major operation of the police authorities for the murder of the policeman and the action of a criminal organization of followers.
7 were remanded yesterday
From yesterday’s acquittal process of 31 defendants, seven were remanded in custody. Among them, the manager of a well-known trapper who is accused of running the criminal organization, along with four other co-accused. All five, according to the charge, are also facing the crime of moral complicity in the murder of the policeman.
The trapper’s manager denies involvement
The defendant in question, who in the past had criminal involvement in fan cases, allegedly denies what is attributed to him, claiming that at the time of the incidents outside the Melina Mercouris stadium in Rentis, he was in a fast food.
The defendant attributes his involvement in the case to arthis refusal to be placed in a proposed witness protection program, in order to provide information about which he allegedly had no knowledge. In addition, he claims that he has also targeted fans of the team in the “game” of competition for who will have decisive influence.
Tags: Apologies Lyggeridis murder continue
