The two suspects arrested in connection with the deadly attack on the Marfin Bank branch in May 2010 are facing serious charges. The defendants are expected to prepare their defenses in the coming hours, as they are scheduled to appear before the 3rd regular investigating judge next Tuesday.

The case was “reopened” in court following an anonymous email sent to the Organized Crime Division. This email served as the catalyst for the case file to be retrieved from the archives.

Specifically, the email in question named three specific individuals as the perpetrators of the fatal attack, as well as additional members alleged to belong to the same criminal group.

The authorities deemed this information particularly serious and reopened the case, thoroughly reexamining the preliminary investigation materials.

After 16 years, police officers were able—with the help of technology—to make use of new evidence in their possession and, ultimately, track down two 42-year-old men and a woman (who resides in England and is expected to be arrested in the near future).

These are essentially photographs and videos that officials from the Organized Crime Division cross-referenced with footage from the fateful day of the murderous attack. By leveraging the capabilities of modern technology, they were able to “enhance” the images and identify those involved.

As the investigators determined, some of the individuals who participated in the attack on Marfin were wearing exactly the same clothes and carrying the same backpacks as they had during their summer vacation in 2009. The Criminal Investigation Division was then called in to assist; using artificial intelligence technology, it reconstructed their physical characteristics over the years.

The two defendants are expected to enter their pleas next Tuesday. Both were brought yesterday under tight security to the courthouse at the former Evelpidon Military Academy, with their arrest warrants citing the charge of serial premeditated murder.

For her part, the defense attorney for the two defendants, Anny Paparousou, expressed the view that the new arrests in connection with the deadly arson case were based on “case files that have no substance whatsoever.”

Source: Protothema.gr