“His own responsibility, to the extent that it exists, covers only a small part of the entire range of criminal shortcomings, errors and omissions associated with this tragic accident,” he says in a statement Professor of Law Aristotle Charalambakis who together with his two colleagues lawyers from Larissa has undertaken the defense of the station master.

We await with great interest the investigations of the investigation, the Prosecutor’s Office and the other competent bodies regarding the exact causes of the accident, says Mr. Charalambakis.

Mr. Charalambakis mentions the following in his statement:

“From my fellow Larissa lawyers Mr. St. Pantzartzidis and Mr. F. Kostoulis, my assistance was requested in the defense of the stationmaster of Larisa, Mr. Samaras, mainly due to the need to deal with serious legal issues related to the case.

The suffocating deadliness that the Code of Criminal Procedure sets for the plea of ​​the accused in self-incriminated crimes, such as the present one, it is obvious that they do not leave enough time for the organization of a complete and substantiated defense. Besides, at the present moment the evidence of the case file is still very thin.

We await with great interest the investigations of the investigation, the Prosecutor’s Office and the other competent bodies regarding the exact causes of the accident, but above all the serious, as has already been demonstrated, system pathologies in infrastructure, organization and operation that are difficult to accepted by Greek society for a European state of the 21st century.

As you would already have seen, Mr. Samaras, both during his pre-investigation testimony and during his apology, did not follow any pretentious line of defense, but with spontaneity, directness and a sense of responsibility, he answered clearly and honestly to all the questions. It is clear that his own responsibility, to the extent that it exists, covers only a small part of the whole range of criminal shortcomings, errors and omissions connected with this tragic accident. But these will emerge in the coming days through the relevant investigations.”