The much-lauded demise investigation of the 26-year-old nationwide guard, Thanasis Nikolaou, ends tomorrow along with his household preventing for the reality behind the demise of their youngster for nearly 20 years, claiming that he was murdered by troopers. A demise investigation that was performed earlier than the demise investigator, Decide Dorias Varosiotou and was marked by tensions, rebuttals and harsh accusations concerning crucial witnesses.
Doria Varosiotou is the only speaker, who is known as upon to rule past all affordable doubt on the causes of demise of the unlucky nationwide guard. On the similar time dozens of residents and arranged teams are anticipated to be exterior the District Courtroom of Limassol in assist of the Nicolaou household.
The listening to of the third capital inquest started on 04/12/2023 and 9 witnesses testified below oath. Seven witnesses from the aspect of the Authorized Service and two from the aspect of the Nikolaou household, whereas all the brand new proof that emerged from the exhumation of the 26-year-old's physique and since then was filed.
The household's legal professionals argue that Thanasis was strangled and that the one that murdered him was left-handed. They indicated that from the brand new findings that emerged after the excavation, these show past any affordable doubt that Thanasis was murdered, in an unknown place, by a bunch of perpetrators wherein individuals from the Evmenios Panagiotou camp participated.
The above place was rejected by the Authorized Service, arguing that within the absence of histological findings, it’s not potential to securely reply the query of whether or not the three mm deficit within the left horn of the hyoid bone is born alive or postmortem or from its building. The consultant of the Authorized Service steered that the conclusion stay open in relation to the reason for demise, in addition to whether or not the demise of the unlucky Nikolaos is because of an unlawful act or suicide and whether or not or not the actions or actions of third events have contributed within the absence of a forensic opinion earlier than the Courtroom, which evaluates all of the autopsy-scene-exhumation findings and all of the details that make up the case.
It’s recalled that Doria Varosiotou rejected the request that the forensic pathologist, dr. Andreas Marneridis, whereas from the aspect of the household, the health worker Filippos Koutsaftis didn’t testify.
The coroner's authority, in accordance with the Coroner's Legislation, is restricted to answering how, when and the place the demise occurred. The coroner doesn’t rule on the credibility of witnesses and doesn’t really consider the testimony. The demise investigator Doria Varosiotou is requested to determine past all affordable doubt whether or not it’s a felony act or to go away her conclusion open, referring it to the Lawyer Normal. It’s value noting that the coroner has no energy if a felony offense arises to cost an individual with a selected offence, in accordance with the provisions of the Structure which vest the correct to prosecute completely within the Lawyer Normal.
Within the extremely acclaimed case of Thanasis Nikolaou, 3 separate investigations had been performed, 2 demise inquests in addition to investigations by the Nationwide Guard. After the exhumation, shut examinations had been carried out, the place it was discovered, in accordance with the testimony of Dr. Kariolou, that the genetic profile discovered on Thanasis' garments belongs to the health workers Panikos Stavrianos, Nikolas Charalambous and to an worker of a sure firm in England, because of contamination within the consumables.
