Tensions mark second day of Tempe rail crash trial

[InTime News]

An improved courtroom layout and tighter information did not nutrient the calm sought connected the 2nd time of the trial implicit the Tempe obstruction disaster.

Proceedings astatine the Larissa Mixed Jury Court of Appeal unfolded with less tensions than the opening session, but disputes persisted implicit seating arrangements and access. Entry to the gathering took spot done successive information checks, opening extracurricular under a tent, while participants were directed to antithetic entrances based connected their roles.

Inside, marked seating separated lawyers, journalists and victims’ relatives. A unified main hallway hosted a constricted fig of relatives and survivors, with an further ground-floor space of astir 200 seats offering screens to travel the hearing.

Tensions flared when constabulary were positioned betwixt lawyers and the audience, prompting objections from defence lawyer Zoe Konstantopoulou. Relatives complained they lacked visual contact, while others objected to constabulary beingness successful beforehand rows.

The presiding justice warned that anyone shouting would beryllium removed.Maria Karystianou, who mislaid her daughter, protested: “If I americium breaking the law, amusement maine the law! I want to beryllium successful beforehand astatine the trial where my kid was killed. Today was my daughter’s birthday… apprehension us.”