Agonising wait for teenager over Greece extradition
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| Andrew Symeou |
AN ENFIELD teenager faces an agonising five-week wait before he learns whether he will be extradited to Greece on manslaughter charges.
Andrew Symeou, 19, appeared at the City of Westminster Magistrates Court this morning for an extradition hearing.
It relates to the death of international roller hockey player Jonny Hiles, who died last summer after being punched and falling from a nightclub podium on the Greek holiday island of Zante.
Mr Hiles, from Cardiff, was airlifted to Athens due to the severity of his injuries but died the day before his 19th birthday.
Mr Symeou, who has launched an online petition in a bid to get the trial moved to the UK, was bailed to return to the same court on Monday, August 12, when a decision will be made as to whether to extradite him to Greece.
Under Greek laws, Mr Symeou faces a sentence of up to five years in prison for manslaughter.
* To sign the petition to get the court case heard in the UK visit www.justice-for-symeou.com
* To sign the petition to stop extradition without evidence visit
http://www.petition.co.uk/howes_family_extradition_fight_please_help
