Six people charged with the beating death of US citizen Bakari Henderson at Laganas on the island of Zakynthos in July 2017 were found guilty by a second-level court on Friday. Five defendants were found guilty of intended fatal bodily harm, and one was found guilty of fatal bodily harm. …
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Henderson murder case retrial postponed; US-Vice raises issue to Greek PM
The parents of Bakari Henderson were back to the courtroom in Patras on Monday where the trial at Second Instance for the men accused of killing their 22-year-old four years ago was set to begin today. The couple that had traveled for one more time from Austin, Texas, to Greece …
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Bakari Henderson: Prosecutor asks maximum sentences for 6 defendants
The public prosecutor in the criminal court in Patras asked maximum sentences for six out of nine defendants for the murder of 22-year-old US tourist Bakari Henderosn last year in Zalynthos. According to local media, the prosecutor who leads the trial has asked the maximum sentence for murder with intent …
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Trial for slain Bakari Henderson kicks off despite postponement attempts
Under strict security measures, the trial of the suspects for the murder of US student Bakari Henderson kicked off in the Mixed Jury Court in Patras, West Peloponnese, on Friday morning. lawyers’ attempts to postpone the trial failed, relevant petitions were rejected by the court. Nine defendants are being tried …
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Bakari Henderson’s parents in Greece to attend trial, await justice for slain son
For fourteen months Phil and Jill Henderson try to cope with the loss of their son Bakari. They try to understand how they lost their son because of one selfie in a bar in Laganas. They are currently in Greece to attend the trial of those suspected to have stabbed …
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One year after Bakari Henderson’s brutal murder, his family awaits justice
One year after the brutal murder of 22-year-old US national, Bakari Henderson, outside a bar on the island of Zakynthos, his family still awaits justice. Henderson from Austin, Texas, had just graduated from college and hes was spending vacations on the island in the Ionian Sea together with friends. On …
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Bakari Henderson family to file for mammoth compensation, says lawyer
The last act of the brutal murder of US student Bakari Henderson will take place in the court rooms. The victim’s family plans to file a law suit and have perpetrators pay a high price. Lawyer Andreas Patsis told media that he has been assigned by the Henderson family to …
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Bakari Henderson: Eight charged with murder; a brawl for a “selfie”?
One Greek and seven Serbian nationals are been accused to have beaten to death 22-year-old American tourist, Bakari Henderson, in the early morning hours of Friday outside a bar in the tourist resort of Laganas, on the island of Zakynthos. All suspects were taken to prosecutor under security measures on …
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22-year-old US tourist stabbed and beaten to death in Laganas resort, Zakynthos
A 22-year-old US tourist was stabbed and beaten to death in the holiday resort town of Laganas on the island of Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea in the early morning hours of Friday. The victim has been identified as Bakari Henderson from Austin, Texas, a student at Arizona University. The …
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