Please do not drift away from the topic!
Dear All,
Let me put one thing clear:
This thread is supposed to be about the court case, do not go into the pressurization issue again (discussed at length here and elsewhere).
The essence is that the defendants were tried and sentenced based on:
- a mistaken report
- a misrepresentation of facts
- a misinterpreted responsibility
The court in Athens should have made its own investigation, like the one in Cyprus did (although also based on a wrong hypothesis drawn from the Greek investigation report).
Capt. Stoimenov and the other 2 defendants should have never been brought to court, more so - for manslaughter.
Finally, as Greece in general and the Greek Judiciary are bankrupt, the judge replaced the sentence that he upheld with a "ransom" of 76650 EUR. The money had to be deposited in 7 days - by 14/02/2013.