In the chair 21 people for the deadly fire in Mati

By Ioanna Mandrou

As responsible, each with his own participation, for deadly fire in Matishocked four years ago by the magnitude of the biblical catastrophe and the sequence of criminal acts and omissions to deal with it, the Board of Appeals ruled a total of 21 peoplelocal government officials and executives -then- of the Fire Brigade, Civil Protection, Police and others.

Of the initially 24 defendants, the Council raised except, only three police officers for which he decided that the explanations given were convincing, while adopting the detailed and organized proposal of the appellate prosecutor Panagiotis Meidanis, who took responsibility for the evaluation of the material that had emerged from the multi-year investigation, in order for the case to reach the court and do not prescribe the offenses of those involved.

According to the decision of the Board of Appeals, all the accused are referred to trial for heaps of misdemeanor crimes, negligent homicides, bodily injuries and others, including the then mayors of the area, the then governor Rena Douros, officials of the Civil Protection, of Fire Brigade and the Hellenic Police.

Of course, among those who will be tried for the deadly fire in Mati, is the old man who set fire to burn grass, causing the biblical destruction with his criminal behavior.

To take responsibility for the deadly fire at An eye with the 103 deadthe dozens of burns and the incalculable damage to property and the environment, was investigated by investigator Athanasios Marneris, who tried to gather all the information, and then the Council of Criminal Procedure (is the council of the first instance) had voted in favor of opinion, which had been expressed from time to time by the investigator, to be charged with a felony degree for some in the Fire Department.

The first panel that was completely overturned in the Court of Appeals, both by the prosecutor’s proposal and by the decision of the judges, had ruled that 10 of the 24 original defendants should be acquitted, and the investigation into the felony charge for some of its executives should continue. Fire Department.

The Board of Appeals finally closed the chapter of the investigative acts, referred to their chair 21 of the 24 and now opened the door of the court, in order for the responsibilities to be assigned the most important. There should be no statute of limitations and the victims and the victims (literally) cannot receive any at least moral compensation. Because we can talk about moral compensation, when 103 people were burned alive, grandparents, children, parents while the burn victims are still fighting to live and recover.

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