Alkis Kampanos: Trial for the murder of the 19-year-old postponed to November 3

The second-instance trial for the high-profile lawsuit of the execution of 19-year-old Alkis Kampanos, who fell unfortunate to senseless instrumentality unit successful February 2022 successful the Harilaou country of Thessaloniki, has been postponed to November 3, 2025.

The Thessaloniki Mixed Jury Court of Appeals – by bulk determination – accepted 2 adjournment requests submitted by defence attorneys for 2 of the 12 defendants, each of whom had been convicted successful the archetypal trial. Out of the full defendants, who are being held successful assorted prisons crossed the country, 8 were transported to the Thessaloniki tribunal today, portion the remaining defendants opted not to beryllium transferred for assorted reasons.

In the archetypal trial, 7 of the defendants were sentenced to beingness imprisonment on with further lengthy situation presumption arsenic co-perpetrators successful the execution with probable intent, portion the remaining 5 received impermanent situation sentences arsenic accomplices successful the aforesaid act.

However, an entreaty against the verdict was filed by the caput of the Thessaloniki Court of Appeals Prosecutor‘s Office, Nikos Kallidis, seeking harsher sentences. Considering the verdict erroneous successful converting the complaint to execution with probable intent, the elder authoritative argued that the defendants should person been convicted of execution with nonstop intent, arsenic per the archetypal charge.

Furthermore, for 3 of the defendants, helium argued that they should not person been convicted arsenic accomplices. Instead, 1 should person been convicted of motivation instigation of the execution with nonstop intent, and the different 2 arsenic co-perpetrators successful the aforesaid act. The entreaty does not impact 2 of the defendants, meaning the rule of non-aggravation of their presumption remains successful unit for them.

In summation to the execution of 19-year-old Alkis, the indictment includes acts connected to the onslaught against his 2 friends during the aforesaid bloody incident.

From aboriginal on, friends and supporters of the defendants gathered extracurricular the courthouse, portion constabulary enforced heightened information measures.