All 5 accused (one member of Orfanotrofeio and 4 internationals) were found not guilty.
This was based on the fact that the wittness represanting the assembly of Orfanotrofeio squat testifird that the Orfnaotrofeio member on trial was not part of the initial group that squatted the place and she joined later. Also, that the 4 internaltionals - participants in the NoBorder camp, just slept in the squat the night before the eviction.
The accused member of Orfanotrofeio and the witness took full responsibility for all the actions of the squat and the acrivities inside it and defended politically Orfanotroeio. The fact that 10 months after the demolition, the Greek church (temporary owner of the place) has not done anything there. played its role in the courts decision.
The more than 100 comrades attending the trial started shouting slogans when the decisdion was announced and then they held a demo towards the center of Thessaloniki, in solidarity to migrants and the squats threatened with eviction.
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