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Marfin Bank arson case: suspect testifies

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A ~~46‑year‑old~~ 46-year-old woman from Brighton was arrested at Gatwick Airport on 13 July 2026 after Greek authorities issued an Interpol red notice. She was flown to Athens on the night of 6 August 2026, held overnight at the General Police Directorate of Attica, and presented to the public prosecutor on 7 August 2026 to execute the international arrest warrant. ~~The suspect,~~ She is one of three individuals charged in connection with the 2006 Marfin Bank ~~bombing~~ arson that killed three ~~bank employees,~~ employees. Police claim that modern forensic analysis and artificial intelligence have identified her as a person who provided support to the attackers. The suspect appeared before an investigating magistrate on 8 August 2026 ~~and is scheduled~~ to ~~testify before the Athens interrogator on the following Tuesday.~~ provide a statement. Her lawyer, Kostas Papadakis, has ~~repeatedly challenged~~ strongly disputed the findings, describing the photographic identification used by the Directorate of Criminal ~~Investigations, describing it~~ Investigations as a ~~“limited simulation” and noting~~ "limited simulation" rather than definitive scientific identification. The defense also noted that a similar ~~forensic test~~ investigation in 2022 ~~led to~~ using identical forensic evidence resulted in the ~~case’s closure. He also criticised~~ case being closed. Furthermore, the lawyer criticized the inclusion of an anonymous email in the ~~new~~ evidence, calling it illegal and ~~irrelevant, and accused~~ accusing the investigation of political manipulation. The two male ~~co‑accused,~~ co-accused, both 42, remain in ~~pre‑trial~~ pre-trial detention in Nafplio and Malandrion prisons, while the case proceeds before the Athens Court of Appeals and the Prosecutor’s Office.

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