Almost two days after the murder of the 43-year-old Greek life-sentenced inmate (he had been convicted for the execution of Dimitris Korfias in Zakynthos in May 2021) inside Domokos Prison, the questions are by no means diminishing; on the contrary, they are increasing, strengthening with each passing hour the scenario of a paid contract killing that was carried out inside a correctional facility.

This fact clearly points to (at least) two things: first, that prisons are a “free-for-all,” where anyone can bring in whatever they want; and second (which in no way negates the first), that corruption levels are sky-high, turning prisons into “operational centers” of criminal organizations.

Their members grow rich from inside their cells, reinforcing a sense of impunity, with criminals feeling invulnerable—above laws and rules.

The gaps in the “rescue” narrative

From the very beginning, the scenario put forward by the chief guard of Domokos Prison and the Bulgarian long-term convict (the perpetrator of the “death contract” against Greek-Australian businessman Giannis Makris, who was executed outside his home in Voula in October 2018)—namely, that the 43-year-old Greek inmate tried to shoot the correctional officer—had enormous gaps. The officers handling the case raise a series of questions that, in essence, dismantle this narrative.

First, analysis of the video footage from inside the prison (not from the scene of the killing), specifically from the corridors, shows the 43-year-old Greek leaving his cell after having earlier been informed that the chief guard was looking for him.

He exits the cell wearing shorts and a T-shirt, and from his movements it does not appear that he is carrying a weapon, as claimed by the chief guard and the Bulgarian criminal.

When they reached the spot (which, quite coincidentally, is a “blind” area not covered by security cameras, meaning anyone can claim whatever they want), according to the correctional officer and the Bulgarian, the 43-year-old attacked the former with the intention of shooting him.

The Bulgarian then disarmed him, but instead of restraining him (while he was unarmed and with another person present—the chief guard), he decided to shoot him.

In fact, he did not shoot him once and somewhere on the body, but three times, with two bullets hitting the 43-year-old Greek life prisoner in the head. “There are serious indications that this scenario does not correspond to reality,” senior officers emphasize pointedly.

As they told protothema.gr, answers as to what happened on Sunday night will be provided by both the ballistic examination and the medical examiner’s report. From these, it will be determined from what angle the victim was shot, and thus the incident will be reconstructed.

How did the weapon get inside the prison?

According to the chief guard and the Bulgarian perpetrator, the pistol was in the victim’s possession. If one accepts this scenario as possible, it means the 43-year-old Greek managed to procure the weapon and pass it through security systems—certainly not without payment—since it is considered a given that internal assistance would have been required.

If, however, the 43-year-old was not armed but was led there to be killed, then this means that someone who goes in and out of the prison brought the weapon into the correctional facility so that the death contract could then be carried out.

The chief guard’s “tainted” relatives

As became known yesterday, the chief guard is related by marriage to an Albanian long-term convict, an escapee from Domokos Prison. However, further investigation shows that another close relative of his, in the 2000s, had been arrested in a major Security Police operation targeting the so-called “Crime Syndicate,” as he was the “deep throat” of the Greek Mafia.

Police officers who handled the case at the time report that he provided information to a person who was later murdered in Haidari, with many believing that this marked the beginning of a cycle of bloodshed that has not been closed to this day.