A trial has begun in the case of a fatal accident involving Dora Bakoyanni's car.

Later three years After a fatal accident near the parliament building in which 23-year-old motorcyclist Iasonas Lalaounis died, after three delays, the trial of the police officer who drove the ill-fated car has finally begun.

Police officer, car driverowned by an escort sisters of Prime Minister and Member of Parliament Dora Bakoyannis, accused of negligent homicide.

The accident occurred on March 14, 2021.

The policeman reportedly drove into the parliament's side entrance from Vasilissis Sophias Avenue, located across the northbound traffic flow from Syntagma Square. The 23-year-old motorcyclist was driving along Vassilissis Sofias on a green light when he crashed into the back of a car.

The impact threw the motorcyclist onto the asphalt, resulting in fatal head injuries, despite the fact that he was wearing a helmet. He soon died in the hospital.

According to the results of the investigation, the policeman should not have used this entrance at that moment, since he was not taking Dora Bakoyannis to parliament (many Greek media claim that she was still in the cabin), and also should have waited for a signal from the policeman tasked with regulating movement in this place.

The victim's sister, Katerina-Sofia Lalauni, testified that the defendant falsely stated that he administered first aid to the victim when he instead “he left it on the asphalt”.

Another police officer, the other driver of the car, testified that they were trying to enter the Parliament grounds “just like every other time” turning left. He claimed that they did not notice an approaching motorcyclist who passed a taxi on the right that had stopped to allow their vehicle to turn.

When asked by the presiding judge in court why the driver ignored the arrows on the road indicating the obligatory straight ahead, the second policeman replied that “It's always been done this way.”

“Damn you, liar!” Iasonas's family and friends present at the trial shouted indignantly at the witness officer.

He reportedly placed the blame for the accident almost entirely on the motorcyclist and said the vehicle bore no responsibility.

He even claimed that the victim was driving at high speed, which is not possible in the area due to heavy traffic during the day. These statements contradict the autopsy report.

At some point, the prosecutor, addressing the witness, said:

“Do you think you had the right to turn left?” to which the witness replied: “Yes, we thought so, because there was no sign [не делать этого]”.

The fact is that any normal driver would be fined if he turned illegally and did so on a road with special signs indicating mandatory straight-line driving.

According to the latest information received on Thursday afternoon, the prosecutor demanded that the police driver be sentenced. The decision is expected to be announced tomorrow, Friday.

Iasonas' family is desperately seeking the truth as they suspect the case is being covered up for obvious reasons. After all, Dora Bakoyanni, who was allegedly not in the car, is not just the sister (many claim that she is his mother) of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsitakis, and not only the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, she is essentially the “eminence grise” of the current government and, in the opinion experts, many decisions in Megaro Maximo are made only after approval from her.

The media after the accident noted that witnesses were subject to severe pressure and intimidation by the police.

If it were not for the video that was published on YouTube and spread across all social networks since Friday, in which the voice of a witness can be clearly heard: “There are so many police here, there’s so much traffic, he drove through the green light and you crushed him.”” And then the threats of a traffic police officer yelling at a witness who wanted to testify: “Who are you? Why not wearing a helmet? Get out of here before I fine you!!!”

What is striking in this situation is the following: all democratic and absolutely free media kept a “pause” for 2 days and, despite the presence of photographs from the scene of the incident, began to publish them only after Dora Bakoyanni’s response appeared (!!!).

For her delayed reaction, Bakoyanni herself was harshly criticized on social networks.

Αυτή είναι η συμπεριφορά "οργάνου της τάξεως" σε αυτόπτη μάρτυρα ΘΑΝΑΤΗΦΟΡΟΥ τροχαίου, προκειμένου να την γλυτώσει ο οδηγός αυτοκινήτου χρεωμένου στην @Dora_Bakoyannis (σύμφωνα με το @KontraChannel).
Ο υπουργός @chrisochoidis τί έχει να πει;
Ο @PrimeministerGR πού κάνει ποδήλατο; pic.twitter.com/5XiHRxvSPi

— ΝΔ.ΚΚΕ-ΚιοπουΒγεί (@antoniskossy) March 14, 2021

Ζήτω η #Νέα_Χουντοκρατία! Διακρίσεις, στους "εκλεκτούς" συμπεριφέρονται με ευγένεια και τεμενάδες και στους απλούς ανθρώπους αφ' υψηλού. Μας κοροϊδεύουν ξεδιάντροπα. Είναι διεφθαρμένα καθάρματα. Λυπάμαι για τον 23χρονο 🙁 #τροχαιοβουλη #Μπακογιαννη

— Ελένη Ιωάννου ♔ (@destijldelarte) March 14, 2021

Commentators write the following: “Despite dozens of surveillance cameras near the parliament and Foreign Ministry buildings, no one would ever know anything! If it weren’t for social networks and the determination of a witness who, under the threat of criminal punishment, risked filming the police and what was happening after the accident (if the reader is not aware, filming police officers in Greece is prohibited by law; criminal prosecution is provided for this).”

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