With the sworn testimony of the accused Loy Dejan continued on Tuesday 20/6/2017 before the Permanent Criminal Court of Larnaca - Famagusta, the hearing on the case of the quadruple murder of Ayia Napa on the night of June 23, 2016 on Katalymaton Street.
During the attack on The Stone Garden restaurant, Theofanis Theofanous, Kalopsidiotis, the couple Elias and Skevis Hatziefthimiou and Yani Vogli, one of the perpetrators of the murder, were killed.
Answering questions from his defense attorney, Loizos Antoniou, the defendant stated, among other things, that he worked as a personal bodyguard in Romania and had a firearms license. He added that he came to Cyprus to work as a personal bodyguard with Theofanis Theofanous, with whom "mutual trust developed, I never expressed myself in front of his clients, I was not interested in his collaborations, but the people around the person I was protecting. ».
He also noted that they had talked to Theofanous from the very first day of their cooperation on the issue of his safety and insisted on finding a bulletproof vest and wearing it constantly. According to Dejan, the police had informed Fanos that "his life was in danger and he had to take protection measures, which was self-evident. I was talking in a strong style with Fanos and warning him about his safety. Fanos was a person who did not take a step back, he was afraid and faced that he was preoccupied. He gave me an authorization and asked me to change some things and I did, starting with my suggestion that Fanos find a bulletproof vest to use. "
He also said that among other security measures, Dejan asked for a mirror for the driver of the car so that he could see in the back of the vehicle, a mirror with a telescopic lens, a specialized First Aid box and the camera mounting on the front and back. car.
He answered other questions that "Valentinos (Panagiotis Kallitsionis) was also a bodyguard of Fanos, as well as two police officers".
The defendant adopted the content of the three testimonies he gave after the murder to the Police, which were filed before the Court as part of his main examination. He also said that Theofanous asked him not to trust the Police and he was reluctant to say anything about his relationship with Fanos after the murder.
Asked about the night of the murder, Dejan said: "I was in the back cabin - toilet and I heard something, a noise that I realized was continuous noise like fireworks, but I didn't suspect anything because fireworks were thrown every night in Ayia Napa. However, it occurred to me that I had to go out and see what was happening. " He added that "when I came out of the toilet I saw the waiter who came to the back of the restaurant, almost crawling, and he told me" guns - guns. I asked the waiter if Fanos was okay and he told me he was alive. "
He also noted that "George (Charalambous) and Valentinos were there and were armed and I hoped that nothing tragic happened", adding that "at that time I had no idea to call somewhere. I went to the back of the restaurant and protected myself, while the waiter was in a state of panic. "
In other questions from his defense attorney, the defendant replied that he had a total of three mobile phones and on the night of the murder he had with him two of the ones in his bag that he placed on the table sitting in the restaurant "The Stone Garden" before committing murder. He also said that on that particular night he received a message on his mobile phone and had a conversation on his own initiative with a girl (Anastasia, who worked in a club) whom he flirted with. He also noted that on the night of the murder he asked the Police to take his mobile phones to check them.
According to the accused, "I had a friendly relationship with Panagiotis Kallitsionis, I had nothing to hide and on the night of his murder I mentioned that I had talked to Anastasia."
This was followed by the showing of a video in which a motorcycle was seen, which according to the accused was constantly coming and going outside the restaurant and its driver was looking inside the premises, thus arousing his curiosity.
Answering questions from the defense attorney, he stated that he stayed in the toilet for a total of 2-3 minutes and that he had to work with police officers while working for Theofanous.
The hearing continues on Thursday.
Source: KYPE