Criminal procedure

A 43-year-old man from the Ionian island of Zakynthos is expected to be transferred to the Greek capital's high-security Korydallos Prison this week after answering to murder charges on Tuesday.

The man was remanded in pretrial custody after his testimony to a prosecutor, in which he denied bludgeoning his 63-year-old uncle to death on December 30.

The government is seeking to bring the statute of limitations for liability in cases of mismanagement of state money down to 10 years, according to sources from both the Justice Ministry and the State Audit Council. That means that after a decade, it will no longer be possible to bring charges against a public sector official suspected of mismanaging state funds.

Laurentis Laurentiadis and six co-defendants who faced serious charges in a case of attempted murder of hotelier Athenagoras Andreadakis were judged innocent of having placed an explosive device in a flowerpot intended for the plaintiff.

The Supreme Cassation Court will rule on the case against former Deputy Chairman of DPS and Parliament Hristo Biserov within the deadline stipulated by law. By law, the deadline for a ruling is one month but it is merely instructive and not mandatory.

In the new bill prepared by the Justice Ministry, even though there are positive aspects, there are also quite a few concerning articles. 

It is as if the Justice Ministry wishes to normalize the laws made under the state of emergency and is consequently introducing amendments in criminal and procedural laws. 

A businessman arrested last week on a Dutch arrest warrant in Glyfada is expected to be released Wednesday on bail of 100,000 euros.

Ioannis Karagiorgis, who is wanted by Dutch authorities for alleged fraud, forgery and other financial crimes, will have to appear at a local police station weekly and will not be allowed to leave the country.

The trial of a father accused of the murder of his 4-year-old daughter in central Athens last year was suspended Wednesday after the lawyer of a second defendant, also facing criminal charges, withdrew from the case.

BELGRADE - The High Court in Belgrade has put a man suspected of spying for Croatia in 30-day custody.

After questioning the suspect on Sunday, the prosecutor's office launched an investigation against him and proposed placing him in custody to prevent him from escaping, witness tampering, repeating the offence or unsettling the public.

The Higher Court in Belgrade has ordered C.C., a man suspected of spying for Croatia, held in custody for up to 30 days.

Earlier on Sunday, the Prosecution questioned the suspect and decided to launch an investigation against him, asking at the same time the court to keep him in custody as a flight risk.

The prosecution at the UN-backed court in The Hague has appealed for a guilty verdict or a retrial of Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj, who was recently acquitted of war crimes.