Cretalive.gr publishes a video-documentary recording exactly how the episode began with the group of Cretans and the 49-year-old Greek-Canadian of Cretan origin in a bar in Heraklion

It is a video that EL.AS has at its disposal and will be attached to the case file that will be forwarded to the court for the case, which has already reached great proportions inside and outside of Greece.

The disputed frames, as you will watch in the video, show the family of the 49-year-old Greek-Canadian leaving the bar after having fun. In the lead is one of the sons of the family with his mother, the 41-year-old Icelandic wife of the 49-year-old patient. The woman looks cheerful as she walks towards the exit of the kefati shop, raises her arms and sways.

A few meters further back followed by the 49-year-old with the second son of the family. The video clearly shows the moment in which a patron (one of the accused) accidentally touches the Greek-Canadian with his cigarette in his hand, who turns his head towards the group, while at the same time rubbing his hand over the spot touch the cigarette burn.

The young man who accidentally burns the 49-year-old holds the cigarette behind his back as he faces his company and they chat carelessly. As the Greek-Canadian passes by, the young man allegedly leans a little to speak to a friendly person, causing his cigarette to touch the man who was passing right behind him to get out.

The video has no sound so that there is an image of the dialogues, but it seems that the Cretan with the cigarette is nodding to the 49-year-old in order to tell him that he had not seen him. The Greek-Canadian makes a move to leave, but eventually turns back and heads towards him. They seem to be exchanging some small talk about the cigarette incident, while the young man’s group is still chatting normally, unaware of what has happened.

At that moment in the shot a third young man enters (he was not sitting in the company), who comes between the two who are talking and essentially asks the 49-year-old to leave and end any misunderstanding. Then other people from both sides start gathering around them. It is clearly reflected that they exchange words, mediate gestures and pushes from both sides (the 41-year-old Icelander also gets in the middle) and the whole commotion now shifts outside the bar, with the unfortunately familiar results.

However, it is really surprising, at least based on the content of this particular video, how an unfortunate event (the burning with a cigarette) that happened without any intention, took such a reprehensible turn.