The Greek Supreme Court will name the date of the appeal proceedings within 20 days, according to a judicial source. The 85-year-old lawyer was transferred to the Athens appeals court complex under police guard from the Athens police headquarters where he was in custody. That came as a graphic video was leaked showing the January murder of an inmate by another two prisoners amid press reports that Korydallos is run by inmates. We have not yet seen the reasons for the judgement but the legal conditions for extradition have not been met, said Vinnik’s lawyer Alexandros Lykourezos. The prominent Athens lawyer Alexandros Lykourezos was testifying before an investigating magistrate on Monday in relation to the Korydallos prison 'mafia' that he is supposedly implicated in. The gang allegedly runs what officials call the “prison ring” at the prison that also houses anarchists and terrorists believed behind a continued spate of violence in the capital. MOKBELS PARTNER DANIELLE MCGUIRE SPEAKING WITH LAWYERS LYKOUREZOS. Lykourezos, 85, also had to put up 50,000 euros ($56,277) in bail.Īn alleged contract killer gang headed by Albanian inmates at Greece’s alleged high-security Korydallos Prison involved two Greek lawyers who were taken into custody after being caught by wire taps, law enforcement officials said earlier.Ī 65-year-old man and 45-year-old female attorney who weren’t named were apprehended, officials said, and put into pretrial detention after the country’s intelligence service reportedly caught them talking on the phone to the alleged ringleader.Īccording to investigators, the two lawyers maintained frequent contact over the past four years with an inmate at the prison believed to head the assassin ring that hired killers, including those linked to the murder of Athens lawyer Michalis Zafeiropoulos in 2017. Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (English) LAWYER ALEXANDROS LYKOUREZOS SAYING: Anyhow. ATHENS – Two top Greek criminal lawyers arrested on charges they were involved with a notorious Albanian-inmate led prison Mafia at the alleged high-security Korydallos prison wee released on bail after giving lengthy statements to a prosecutor and magistrate.Īlexandros Lykourezos and Theodoros Panagopoulos deny any part in the reported racket that and were banned from leaving the country. Petros Machas Founding Partner, Chairman Alexandros Androutsopoulos Partner Alexandros Lykourezos is undeniably an iconic figure of the legal field in Greece.
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