Six sentenced in Greece for fatal beating of Austin tourist
A Greek court on Thursday convicted and sentenced six of the nine suspects in the fatal beating of Bakari Henderson, a 22-year-old Austin tourist, at an island resort last year, finding them guilty of reduced charges in a move that angered the victim’s parents.
The six were handed sentences ranging from five to 15 years in prison on charges of deliberate bodily harm, reduced from intentional homicide, which carries a life sentence.
Henderson died after being beaten in the street following an argument in a bar in the popular Laganas resort area of Zakynthos island in July 2017. One Greek, seven Serbs and a British citizen of Serbian origin were accused of involvement and tried in the western port city of Patras.
The British citizen of Serbian origin was sentenced to 15 years in prison. One of the Serb suspects was sentenced to 10 years, three received seven-year sentences and one a five-year sentence. All had been held in pretrial detention and are to return to prison after the trial. Their names were not immediately available.
Read more: https://www.statesman.com/news/20181122/six-sentenced-in-greece-for-fatal-beating-of-austin-tourist
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