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Marfin Bank attack: 46-year-old woman returns to Greece
A 46-year-old woman has returned to Greece from the United Kingdom following an Interpol red notice to face charges related to the 2010 Marfin Bank attack, which resulted in the deaths of three employees.
Police claim modern forensic analysis and artificial intelligence have identified her as a person providing support to the attackers during the arson. However, her lawyer, Kostas Papadakis, strongly disputes these findings. He argues that the forensic results do not constitute a definitive identification but are merely a "limited simulation" on the scientific scale used by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations.
The defense further claims that the woman was previously investigated for the same incident in 2022 using identical photographic evidence, at which time the case was closed by a prosecutor. The woman, who has lived in Brighton for the last six years, denies any involvement and is scheduled to appear before an investigating magistrate to provide a statement.
Entities
46-year-old female suspect · 46‑year‑old woman accused in Marfin attack · Athens · Attica General Police Directorate · Directorate of Criminal Investigations · Directorate of Criminal Investigations (Greece) · General Police Directorate of Attica · Greek Police · Interpol · Kostas Papadakis · Marfin Bank
Claims
What the coverage asserts, and how well corroborated each claim is across sources.
- [● 3 SOURCES] An anonymous email was added to the new evaluation, which the lawyer says is illegal and provides no substantive information. www.enikos.gr · www.newsbomb.gr · www.cnn.gr
- [● 3 SOURCES] The woman was examined in 2022 with the same photos and the same forensic evaluation. www.enikos.gr · www.newsbomb.gr · www.cnn.gr
- [● 3 SOURCES] The Directorate of Criminal Investigations uses a scale where only the first level constitutes a definitive identification. www.enikos.gr · www.newsbomb.gr · www.cnn.gr
- [● 3 SOURCES] The 2022 investigation concluded there was no simulation with the target and the case was filed with a prosecutor’s act. www.enikos.gr · www.newsbomb.gr · www.cnn.gr
- [● 3 SOURCES] A 46‑year‑old woman is accused of involvement in the fatal Marfin Bank attack that killed three employees 16 years ago. www.enikos.gr · www.newsbomb.gr · www.cnn.gr
- [● 11 SOURCES] Lawyer Kostas Papadakis says the photographs used as evidence do not identify the woman, describing the result as a “limited simulation”. www.enikos.gr · www.newsbomb.gr · www.cnn.gr · thefaq.gr · lawandorder.gr · +6 more
- [DISPUTED] She will appear before the investigating magistrate on Tuesday to give a statement. www.enikos.gr · www.newsbomb.gr · www.cnn.gr
- [● 3 SOURCES] The woman remains detained at the General Police Directorate of Attica (GADA). www.enikos.gr · www.newsbomb.gr · www.cnn.gr