The owner of the amusement park in Pefkohori, Halkidiki, where, last August, a 19-year-old man lost his life, was remanded in custody after his apology to the investigator Polygyros. Instead, the wife of the owner and the operator of the fatal game (crazy dance) were released on parole.

All three were asked to plead guilty to manslaughter with possible intent, committed and attempted, by complicity, as they were prosecuted after the preliminary investigation conducted by order of the public prosecutor.

According to reports, the owner of the amusement park denied the accusation, calling it “baseless”. He disputed the findings of the expert, on whose conclusion the indictment was based and which records a series of failures and omissions regarding the operation of the game (such as for example that “it was self-made, with stitching and assembly individual components and parts that did not provide any manufacturer’s warranty or safety standard”. He also presented a technical report conducted by a technical consultant on his behalf, the results of which – according to his claims – overturn the expert’s findings.

For her part, his wife – who appears to have been charged as a co-manager of the business – denied any involvement and with the agreement of the prosecutor and investigator she was released under the condition of being banned from leaving the country.

With restrictive conditions (exit ban and additional appearance at the police station) the operator of the crazy dance was also released, who, according to what became known, “blamed” the responsibility for the accident on the owner of the amusement park. “I could not know the poor condition and maintenance of the machine”he reportedly said apologizing in a memorandum, while citing the expert report he said that the breakage was expected to occur at any time the machine was operating at any speed and if it was moving and with any weight of passengers.

“I was acting under my employer’s orders to operate the machine”he emphasized at another point in his apology, claiming that he did not have the opportunity to provide first aid to the unfortunate 19-year-old, but neither to call for help or take him to a hospital because immediately after the accident he was run away.

The baton of apologies will be taken tomorrow by the accused engineer (the last so far to be prosecuted for the case). He is accused of simple complicity in the possible intentional homicide, committed (in the case of the 19-year-old) and attempted (for his brother), because he allegedly had confirmed the safe operation of the crazy dance.