On the eighth day, the forensic expert Dimitris Liotsios was on the podium, answering questions from defense lawyers.

Mr. Liotsios, answering questions from a lawyer who spoke in support of the Charge in the death of his mother, said that on the fateful day of July 23, 2018, Mr. “The Coastal Search and Rescue Center was informed by the relevant Danish authorities that there were people in the sea, as there were twelve Danish citizens in the sea.”

During today’s hearing, the questions of the victims’ lawyers were completed, and the interrogation of the arsonist Dimitris Liotsios by the lawyers of the defendants began. There was no shortage of moments of tension in the process, as when a woman, a resident of Mati, listening to questions from the defense, said aloud that the witness, by her answers, “tells you that the head and deputy head of the fire department were useless.”

The injured expert was asked if he believed that because the responsible defendants knew the circumstances, “they allowed people to be burned”, Mr. Liotios replied that “it will be up to the court to decide”. The inspector was also asked if the Coast Guard sent ships to a port other than Rafina, and he replied that it appeared from the results that such a thing had not been implemented, indicating that he did not know if such a recommendation had been made. or order.

At the start of questions from the lawyer of the then fire chief Sotiris Terzoudis, when Mr. Liotsios heard her remark that he was stating in his report that “the state apparatus was taken by surprise”, he replied to her: “The fire department cannot be taken by surprise. Judging by the result. The fire department should not be surprised! The surprise was unjustified… the state apparatus should not have been surprised.”