The trial of the murderers of Alexis Grigoropoulos, which began in January 2010, is set to conclude tomorrow, October 11th 2010, with the court’s verdict on the two. One of the two cops, Korkoneas, is charged with manslaughter with possible aforethought; the second one, Saraliotis, is charged with accomplice to the murder. Updates from the [...]

The trial of the murderers of Alexandros Grigoropoulos (special police forces Epaminondas Korkoneas and Vasilis Saraliotis) in the remote town of Amfissa is now drawing to a close, with the court testimonies of the two accused – who have been released, it is reminded, since June 6 (as the maximum, 18-month period allowed for their [...]

[en français] The two members of special police forces, Epaminondas Korkoneas and Vasilis Saraliotis, who murdered 15-year old Alexandros Grigoropoulos on December 6th, 2008, are to be released from prison on bail within the next few days. This, because the maximum pre-trial detention (18 in months in Greece) expires on June 6th. It is speculated [...]

The news has been coming in, one after the other: On February 12, Alfredo Bonnano and Christos Stratigopoulos had their appeal for bail rejected, despite the fact that Alfredo’s health condition is bad, and deteriorating (for background to their arrest, read the excellent piece “concerning two anarchists and a bank robbery” and the blog “After [...]