Notis Sfakianakis

The trial of pop singer Notis Sfakianakis, who was arrested last Sunday in southern Athens and charged for being in possession of an unlicensed pistol and a small quantity of cocaine that police found in his car, was postponed indefinitely on Wednesday.

Sfakianakis has been released pending his trial, whenever that may be.

An Athens court on Monday gave pop singer Notis Sfakianakis until Wednesday to prepare his defense after he was arrested on Sunday evening on charges of possessing a small quantity of cocaine and an unlicensed pistol. 

He was arrested in the southern Athens suburb of Elliniko during a routine check of his car for compliance with coronavirus restrictions by motorists.

The statements by Greek popular singer Notis Sfakianakis on Cypriot state TV that refugees were cowards for leaving the civil war, while claiming refugees and immigrants were raping Greece continues to cause controversy.

Popular Greek singer Notis Sfakianakis said the refugee crisis is a ‘conspiracy’ during a television interview Cyprus’s state broadcaster RIK. Sfakianakis continued by claiming that the whole crisis was ‘rigged’ because they were entering Greece and raping the our country. ‘I was also an immigrant to Germany.