With the interrogation of forensic expert Dimitris Galenderis, the trial for the murder of a 19-year-old continues for 24 days at the Mixed Jury Court in Thessaloniki. AIki Campanu and for injuring two of his friends during a violent fan attack they received in the early hours of 1 February 2022 in the Harilau area.

Testifying as a defense witness on behalf of two of the 12 defendants (the 9th and 11th), D. Galenderis did not agree with the conclusion of his colleague Ledas Kovacis, who, having signed the conclusion of the forensic medical examination on the cause of death of the 19-year-old, said about a combination of head injuries and fatal injuries of the lower extremities.

The witness explained Alka’s death as a blow he received to the femoral artery and caused hemorrhagic shock (a similar scientific opinion was expressed by two previous forensic experts Grigoris Leon and Katerina Apostolidu, questioned as defense witnesses), separating craniocerebral injuries from the mechanism of death.

“I do not agree with the conclusions of Ms. Kovacis, but with the conclusion. We cannot have five causes of death. In this case, this includes all injuries to the lower extremities, although she admits that some of them were not fatal,” Mr Galenderis said, insisting that Alka’s death was not caused by or affected by the blows to the head. He also calculated that the specific blows to the head were made by “hands and feet” and not by any implements, as there were no corresponding characteristic prints.

Regarding the “fatal” injury to the femoral artery, he suggested that it was caused by an instrument such as an iron bar, a knife (such as an ice pick) or a screwdriver (“gathers less chance”), but ruled out that it was caused by a sickle or carabite knife , the instruments with which, according to the indictment, the two defendants were held, in whose favor the witness testified.

When asked by the civil lawsuit how many people hit Alki, based on the total number of injuries he received, D. Galenderis expressed his estimate that there were “at least three”.

His interrogation continues with defense questions.

Source: RES