Grievous bodily harm

The trial against nine former students of the Dairy School of Ioannina on charges of causing grievous bodily harm to classmate Vangelis Giakoumakis - a 20-year-old who committed suicide at the school in 2015 - was adjourned until June 6 on Tuesday.

The court in northwestern Greece heard from three witnesses, including a classmate who said she never saw the 20-year-old being bullied.

Ten people have been detained for questioning in connection with a violent attack on members of the force's motorcycle-riding DIAS unit in Voula, southern Athens, on Friday evening.
The charges faced by the 10 include resisting arrest, verbal abuse and causing grievous bodily harm.

A prosecutor in the trial of nine former students of the Dairy School of Ioannina who are charged with causing grievous bodily harm to a classmate who committed suicide expressed frustration on Thursday that several witnesses seemed to have forgotten what they had initially told police in their testimonies.

The trial against nine former students of the Dairy School of Ioannina on charges of causing grievous bodily harm to classmate Vangelis Giakoumakis, a 20-year-old who committed suicide at the school in 2015, is set to start in the northwestern city on Monday.

A court in Thessaloniki charged a 26-year-old truck driver on Tuesday with intentionally causing grievous bodily harm during a fight that broke out on Monday at a road blockade by protesting refugees outside the Diavata camp in northern Greece.

A court in Thessaloniki Friday handed a suspended three-year sentence to a pizzeria owner for beating up a former employee.

The 33-year-old defendant was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm and illegal possession and use of a weapon.

Eight people detained during clashes between police and anarchists in the downtown neighborhood of Exarchia last Saturday were conditionally released on Wednesday.

The trial of seven people arrested during riots on Saturday night in Athens has been deferred to November 29.

The suspects face charges of attempted grievous bodily harm, disturbing the peace and resisting authorities.

The riots took place after events commemorating the 45th anniversary of a student uprising against Greece's military dictatorship in 1973.

Six people arrested during the rioting that followed events to mark the 45th anniversary of a student uprising against the military dictatorship are to defend themselves before an investigating magistrate on Wednesday.

The six face criminal charges of using explosives and the misdemeanor of causing grievous bodily harm.

Greek police have detained a total of 10 suspects in connection to an attack against a ruling party MP in the city of Kalamata, in southern Peloponnese, last Sunday.

Eight suspects were detained and led before the prosecutor on Monday night while another two were arrested on Tuesday.