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GUILTY: Marios Antonopoulos was convicted of murder yesterday
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INCONSOLABLE: Rosemarie Zammit, holding a picture of Doujon, is comforted by her son Zeake
outside the courtroom. Picture: BRITTA CAMPION
Rosemarie and Oliver Zammit
say they feel like they have been
handed their own life sentence
despite having watched a Greek
court convict the three men who
beat their son to death in a late
night attack on the island of
Mykonos in 2008.
‘‘Oly, myself, my boys and our
family have been dealt a life
sentence,’’ Ms Zammit said before
breaking down in tears outside the
Mytilene court house on the island
of Lesbos.
Mr Zammit, holding back tears
as he held his wife’s hand, echoed
her sentiments.
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‘‘They took his life, there was
no court, there was no judges,
no jury.
‘‘We’ve been dealt a life sentence
and we’ll have to live with this for
the rest of our lives.’’
Nightclub bouncer Marios
Antonopoulos was jailed on
Thursday for 22½ years for inflicting the vicious head wounds that
caused 20-year-old Doujon’s death.
George Chatzioannou and
Dimitris Varonas were also found
guilty of being involved in the
attack and given sentences of less
than 10 years.
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Antonopoulos, Chatzioannou
and Varonas all had their charges
downgraded in a last-minute decision by the court before being
found guilty.
Doujon Zammit died from massive head injuries caused by a blow
from a blunt metal object.
A fifth person accused of being
involved is due to face a separate
trial in a juvenile court.
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The proposed system
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The route is the
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Varonas escaped being put behind
bars after the court granted them
bail of 10,000 euros ($A15,633) each
after their lawyers said they would
appeal against their sentences.
While the Zammits, who with
their two sons flew to Greece from
their Sydney home for the trial,
accept the court’s verdict, they
fear Chatzioannou and Varonas
could flee Greece.
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LESBOS: Hefty jail sentences
We’ve been dealt a life
given to three men over the
brutal bashing death of Australsentence
ian tourist Doujon Zammit in
Greece have brought little relief
‘‘Doujon didn’t have justice that
to his parents.
night,’’ he said.
Northern Territory News, Saturday, January 23, 2010 — 17