Vassilis Saraliotis, a special guard who was found guilty of being an accomplice to the murder of Alexis Grigoropoulos in Exarchia on 6th of December in 2008, was released on parole on Wednesday.
The decision was taken by a five-member court of appeals in Lamia. Saraliotis was released on condition that he permanently resides in the prefecture of Drama, where he comes from.
Saraliotis originally received a 10-year-old prison sentence for his involvement in the Grigoropoulos case.
Meanwhile, Epaminondas Korkoneas, the officer who shot Grigoropoulos, was handed a life sentence after being found guilty of murder with malice aforethought.
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