Maximum sentence sought for six of nine defendants in Bakari Henderson murder trial

The prosecutor leading the trial into the killing of Bakari Henderson, the 22-year-old American who was on a working holiday at the Greek island of Zakynthos when he was beaten to death in the summer of 2017, is seeking the maximum sentence for six of the nine defendants.

Addressing the court in the western port city of Patra where the trial started in September, Panagiotis Meidanis said that the prosecution is seeking a maximum sentence for murder with intent and collusion to commit murder for six of the nine suspects, as well as lesser sentences for complicity to commit murder and grievous bodily harm for the other three.

Meidanis also asked for charges be brought against the owner of the bar in the resort town of Laganas where Henderson became involved in an argument with a group of patrons who chased him out into the street and attacked him viciously a few meters...