Regarding the crash in Filothei – The videos from the Cretan celebration before he rammed into the cars

This morning, Vasilis Bispikis is expected to look astatine the Evelpidon courthouse implicit the postulation mishap successful Filothei. Yesterday afternoon, helium presented himself astatine the First Traffic Police Department of Northeast Attica and admitted that helium was the operator of the pickup motortruck which, successful the aboriginal hours of Saturday, crashed into 3 parked cars and a partition successful Filothei earlier fleeing the scene.

The well-known histrion was arrested for the crash, spent the nighttime successful custody astatine Kifisia’s Traffic Department, and volition beryllium brought earlier the prosecutor.

At the aforesaid time, authorities person seized the monolithic pickup motortruck helium utilized to ram into the vehicles connected Doiranis Street.

The penalties helium faces

Based connected the caller Highway Code, abandoning the country of a postulation mishap with spot harm is punishable by a fine, withdrawal of the driver’s license, and transgression prosecution nether Article 290A of the Penal Code for unsafe driving.

The videos from the celebration

Police are continuing to analyse however the 48-year-old mislaid power of the pickup and slammed into the 3 cars. One script nether information is that the histrion was driving nether the power of alcohol, supra the ineligible limit. In his testimony, helium said helium had attended a Cretan solemnisation successful Metamorfosi earlier that night.

Protothema.gr published 2 videos from the hours earlier the Filothei crash, showing Bispikis enjoying himself astatine the lawsuit organized by the section Cretans’ relation connected Friday night.

The 48-year-old is archetypal seen seated astatine the beforehand tables chatting with friends, past aboriginal went up toward the stage, where, successful precocious spirits, helium sang and danced on with euphony performed by a well-known Cretan lyra player.

Shortly afterward—according to his statement—he took the monolithic pickup motortruck and headed home, causing the mishap successful Filothei.

It is worthy noting that connected the aforesaid night, during the solemnisation Bispikis attended successful Metamorfosi, a convulsive brawl broke retired betwixt astir 20 people, leaving 2 hospitalized with superior weapon injuries.

What the Highway Code provides

According to the caller Highway Code, leaving the country of a postulation mishap with spot harm (as besides specified successful Article 43 of the aged Code) carries penalties for the operator including fines, suspension of driver’s license, and prosecution nether Article 290A of the Penal Code for unsafe driving. The severity of penalties depends connected whether the operator is simply a repetition offender—first offenses effect successful fines and impermanent licence suspension, portion repetition offenses bring harsher measures.

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