After three months of hearings and 25 sittings during which more than 65 prosecution and defense witnesses were questioned, shortly before 11 a.m., a cycle of apologies began for 12 defendants for fan-motivated murder of Alkis Campanos and the wounding of two of his friends in the early morning of February 1, 2022 in the Kharilau region.

In front of him Mixed Jury Trial in Thessaloniki The first to apologize is a 24-year-old man, whose arrest preceded the rest of his co-defendants, unraveling the “message” of such a vaunted case. This is the driver of the first car, who was found to have the keys to the central association of fans, where a few days after the murder a police raid took place and many weapons were found.. According to the indictment, 12 defendants left this link in three cars in the direction of Garilov, carrying out a brutal attack.

“For a few days, I think about telling the facts as they are, without upsetting anyone. I want to apologize for being part of this tragic story that cost Alkis his life and wounded two of his friends. I wish I could go back in time, do things differently, not be in groups and associations, but it’s too late,” the 24-year-old defendant said at the start of his ongoing apology.

Source: RES-IPE