Police to examine telephone records of slain Greek lawyer
NOTICE – UPDATE
Ekathimerini.com, in compliance with the general principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and Law 4624/2019, and taking into account the principles of proportionality and data accuracy, informs its readers that, by virtue of decision no. 575/2024 of the Supreme Court of Greece, which adjudicated the case under articles 528 – 529 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, all individuals involved and accused in the Energa-Hellas Power case have been declared innocent of the charges brought against them for the acts of embezzlement, smuggling, and money laundering committed jointly and repeatedly. Εκathimerini.com, informs also its readers that, pursuant to Decision No. 177/2023 of the Mixed Jury Court of Appeal of Athens, the individual referred to as the instigator, following the statement of the victim, has been declared innocent of the charge of instigation to attempted murder in a calm mental state.
Police investigating the killing of lawyer Michalis Zafeiropoulos last week have been poring over evidence gathered from the scene of the crime in a bid to determine the killers’ motives.
Although police initially suspected a contract killing, they now believe the two perpetrators, who entered Zafeiropoulos’s office just before he was shot to death, had probably intended to threaten him in connection with a case.
Authorities have requested access to the phone records of the slain lawyer in a bid to gain insights into conversations that might shed light on the circumstances that led to his death.
According to sources, during the suspects’ conversation with Zafeiropoulos on Thursday evening, they referred to a case he had undertaken, the Energa-Hellas Power embezzlement affair, that has been linked to an attempted contract killing of another lawyer, Giorgos Antonopoulos. Zafeiropoulos was buried Saturday at a funeral attended by several politicians.
