Teen shooting trial put off until January
The trial of two policemen implicated in the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos last December, due to take place in Amfissa, central Greece, on December 15, was yesterday postponed until January 20. Court sources said that the trial was postponed due to a backlog of cases. Originally scheduled to take place in Athens, the trial of Epaminondas Korkoneas and Vassilis Saraliotis was moved to Halkida, Evia, to avert mass protests, and then shifted to Amfissa when it emerged that activists were planning protests in Halkida on the day of the trial. The trial is to go ahead in Amfissa on January 20 despite protests by local authorities and by the teenager’s family, who wants it to be held in Athens fearing that certain key witnesses will not travel to Amfissa.
