The prosecutor brought criminal proceedings against the 32-year-old for insulting and threatening, with racist characteristics where was arrested accused of the new homophobic attack against the 21-year-old member of the LGBTI community, in Thessaloniki.

The prosecutor referred him to be tried in the audience of the Autoforos Single-Member Misdemeanor Court of Thessalonikiwhile at the same time ordered a preliminary examinationwhich is directed against the victim, for a video he took of the episode in question.

Just two 24 hours after the homophobic incident that the 21-year-old victim suffered in Aristotelous Square, which led to the arrest of 21 people, the same person complained that he was verbally attacked again by two people, this time on the pavement of the new beach. After he addressed the Police, filing a complaint, an investigation followed, resulting in the identification and arrest of the 32-year-old, while the second accused person remains unknown.

As it became known, the 32-year-old has reportedly been convicted in the past for a fan incident at a volleyball match and he was placed under restrictive conditions, which he is being examined if he has breached.

His identification was based on a video taken and presented by the 21-year-old victim, as appears from the petition he submitted. For this reason, the prosecutor ordered a criminal investigation to establish whether the offense of breaching personal data was committed.