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First entry: Friday, November 20, 2020, 12:06 p.m.
Feature: Vassilis Tzimtsos
The decision of the Piraeus Five-Member Criminal Court of Appeal is expected to pass through the … microscope of the Supreme Court, with which they “broke” the life sentences for those convicted of transporting 2.1 tons of heroin with the ship “Noor 1”, but three were acquitted. defendants, including former associate of the Capital of Vangelis Marinakis company and former Olympiacos executive Emilios Kotsonis.
Yesterday Thursday, the head of the Court of Appeal of Piraeus, Vasiliki Tsironis, sent a letter to the president of the Board of Directors of three members of the Court of Appeal of Piraeus, Angeliki Koffa, requesting that the decision of the Criminal Court of Appeal be referred to him. of five members.
Em. Tsironi indicates in his document that he requests the judicial decision for his own actions.
What actions can the Prosecutor take?
The head of the Piraeus Appeal Prosecutor’s Office can refer the court’s decision on the largest shipment of heroin to the Supreme Court that passed through Greece and Europe.
As is known, once the sentence of the court of appeal has been handed down, it can be appealed by the Supreme Court both on the merits and on the mitigation granted to the convicted persons.
It is recalled that with its decision, the Piraeus Criminal Court of Appeal, made up of five members, acquitted three defendants, including the former associate of the Capital of Vangelis Marinakis company and former Olympiakos executive Emilios Kotsonis with “minimal doubts”, such as he had doubted. The president of the court Maria Koufoudi during the announcement of the decision, addressed to the accused.
The “Noor 1” subcontractor, an oil company executive Vassilios Kourouvanis, was also acquitted by a 4-1 majority. The appellant Nikolaos Koutroubas voted in the minority, having the opinion that he should be convicted, as well as in the first instance.
It is recalled that, in the first instance, the Piraeus Criminal Court of Appeal, composed of three members, convicted Aim. Kotsoni and V. Kourouvani for a simple synergy in drug transport.
Furthermore, both the prosecutor of the Court of First Instance, Maria Troupi, and the prosecutor of the Court of Appeal, Vasiliki Vlachou, had requested his conviction for an even more serious crime, that of committing the act of transferring the burden of the “white death “.
In his speech, the Appellate Prosecutor V. Vlachou had mentioned about the Kotsoni-Kourouvani acquitted and those sentenced to 18 years in prison Efthymios Giannousakis and Georgios Bourdouvalis:
“They acted with full conscience and within the framework of an organized plan in order to obtain an economic benefit for themselves. Thanks to their knowledge they were able to organize all actions for the transport of heroin in Greece. “
He had made special reference to the … central role of the luxury vehicle dealer, former Olympiacos executive and Capital partner in Dubai, Emilio Kotsoni, supporting:
The evidence shows that all together they were in charge of the joint operation of “Noor 1” bound for the Emirates for the transportation of oil, mainly from Iran. The cooperation of the 4 for co-exploitation is implemented, the documents are prepared and signed. They are also recorded in telephone conversations. The cooperation between them and especially the role of Kotsonis show that he is the central person in this agreement who does not want to appear and until today does not accept.
However, the court had a different opinion and with … minimal doubts that worked in favor of the accused, acquitted Aim. Kotsoni.
Under the microscope and palliative to the damned
The Supreme Court will also examine the court’s reasoning that all convicts were granted mitigation of good conduct after the act, as a result of which they “broke” the life sentences imposed by the trial court on Euth. Giannousaki, G. Bourdouvalis and the three Turks who had been arrested on the spot in a Koropi warehouse where the heroin of “Noor 1” was ending.
It is recalled that more than a ton of the “white death” cargo had passed from the home of Efthymios Giannousakis’ ex-wife in Filothei, while G. Bourdouvalis actually appeared as charterer of the ship on his last voyage from the Gulf of Oman to E in June 2014.
The decision to grant the mitigation was taken by majority, with the consent of the Chief Prosecutor V. Vlachos.
Against it, the president of the court, Maria Koufoudi, voted, who opined that the condemned should not be given the mitigation of the greater weight of the “white death” that would end in Europe.
It should be noted that the attenuation of good conduct after the act was handed over to the nine convicted – and to Efthymios Giannousakis, despite the fact that he had occupied the Justice and Parliaments of the Piraeus Council for Minor Crimes, since in 2017 and 2019 he was in possession of two mobile phones. telephones during detention, although prohibited;
After the “break” of the life sentences of the first instance sentence and the imposition of 18 years in prison, Euth. Giannousakis is expected to be released in December, as he will have served 6.5 years in prison with the favorable inclusion of his prison salary and his conditional release from the penitentiary.
