Particularly critical to the development of the trial<\/b> involving the murder<\/b> of Giorgos Liggeridis<\/b> will be tomorrow’s court session, as the prosecutor’s proposal on the request to exclude protected witnesses submitted by the defendants’ lawyers is expected. <\/p>\n
It was the testimonies of the three protected witnesses<\/b> at the interrogation stage that led to the “binding” of the case file on the charge of “criminal organization” of the organized fans of “Gate 7” and five members of the Olympiacos<\/b>. <\/p>\n
According to what has come to light, the three protected witnesses had spoken in detail about the organisation, its structure, its leaders and its activities. <\/b>The detailed account of protected witness 67e<\/b> about what happened the night George Liggerides was beaten: “We came out with almost 100-150 people. When we came out I saw I.A. and M.H. standing outside the door handing out naval flares and Molotov cocktails. We were instructed by these two to go to the place where the martyrs were and attack them. We were told that they would be the ones in front and we would follow them. According to I.A., when he would fire the Molotov cocktail, we would continue with the objects we had. That’s what happened. While walking about 50 meters away from the thugs, I.A. threw a Molotov cocktail, which was a half-liter water bottle with gasoline in it with a black dynamite wrapped around it<\/b>.” <\/p>\n
Worth mentioning is what two of the protected witnesses have revealed about three of the main accused: The first witness said: “I.A. I have seen him enter the bubble of the stadium “C. Karaiskakis stadium. I remember this because I was very impressed that he also entered the bubble – I don’t remember exactly which match it was at. Anyway, that was either at the end of last season or at the beginning of this season. Also he also gives the orders to the organizer and when people don’t obey, he gathers a group of his own people and bullies and beats up the people who don’t obey.<\/b> These behaviors show that they are in charge of “Gate 7″ led by IA.” <\/p>\n
The second witness<\/b> testified: “At all Olympiacos games, I.A. is on the field with his badge. Along with two others, K. and M. After the incidents at Rendi, they were not brought in with all of us and as I heard it discussed later they were taken away with the Olympiacos team delegation. Since I have been going to the stadium for several years, these three along with some others are the people who are actively involved with “Gate 7”, they are at almost all Olympiacos games in most sports. They usually sit inside the pitch, some wear a badge and make decisions about both the organization of the grandstand with slogans, banners, etc. and the big incidents that are about to happen. I mean in incidents that have occurred either with the police or with rival fans, they are the ones who have the first and last say on how and when the attacks will take place<\/b>“. <\/p>\n
The black market sale of tickets was mentioned, among other things, by the third witness:<\/b> “The leaders of Gate 7<\/b> are making money. One way is that they hold tickets which they sell before matches at a ‘cap’ the amount of which depends on the demand that exists. At the “C. Karaiskakis” I have seen I.A. having a package of tickets and giving it to his own people to sell them. How they then share the revenue I don’t know. At the Peace and Friendship Stadium the situation is different. Although most of the seats in the Organized Fan Pavilion are with season tickets, entry control is handled by the leaders of the organized fans, as well as their own people who allow entry with simple slips of paper that they sell for whatever price they want. These slips of paper say Olympiacos either to support “Gate 7.”<\/b> There are about twenty people sitting at each gate and they have open turnstiles. I.A. distributes to these people pads with raffle tickets, either by himself or by one of his own people, and these people at the gates sell the raffle tickets.” <\/p>\nBust vandalized<\/h3>\n
Meanwhile, last Saturday night unknown persons vandalized the bust of George Liggeridis, located in the center of Thessaloniki. “These extreme and sick minorities must, with the contribution of everyone, disappear from the city of Thessaloniki,” the president of the Union of Police Officers of Thessaloniki, Theodoros Tsairidis<\/b>, said in a post: “And for this to happen, everyone must act with determination, away from phobic syndromes. We owe it to our heroes who fell in the line of duty and to the new generations.”<\/p>\n
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