The 13 crew members of the yacht “Persephone” are anticipated to be introduced earlier than the Piraeus Legal Prosecutor inside the day. The crew was arrested for the hearth that began in a forest space within the Bisti district of Hydra, when fireworks fell from the boat.
Particularly, the officers of the Courtroom Crimes Division, of the Fireplace Brigade, who investigated the case, arrested the 13 folks. On the similar time, the seizure of the yacht, which was chartered by 17 folks from Kazakhstan, is underway.
How did the authorities get to the yacht “Persephone”
What was notably decisive in relation to the investigations into how the hearth began in Hydra was the grievance of the captain of a floating boat within the space the place the fireworks fell.
In response to unique info of in, the captain advised the Coast Guard males, who went to the scene, that he heard a loud bang after which noticed a flash on a yacht in a close-by bay.
Following the captain’s grievance, the Hydra Port Authority, in session with the Fireplace Division, recorded on Friday evening which boats have been within the port. Investigation revealed that the Persephone was the one vessel within the space proven by the captain.
Afterwards, officers from the Directorate for Combating Arson Crimes (DAEE), of the Fireplace Brigade, arrested 13 residents, as folks chargeable for inflicting a hearth in a forest space, within the Bisti space, in Hydra.
The yacht’s 13 crew members might face severe costs,
What are the penalties for these caught?
13 members of the yacht’s crew might face severe costs, as adjustments have been made to the penalty of the offense for which the Piraeus Prosecutor can cost them.
Within the case of an ecological catastrophe with out demise, a jail sentence of as much as 20 years and a advantageous of as much as 200,000 euros are offered for, as it’s now thought-about a felony, following the adjustments to the Legal Code.
“Some privateers with flares burned 300 acres in Hydra”
The prosecutor requested for the confiscation of the boat from the place the fireworks “fell” in Hydra final Friday evening, setting the hearth in an inaccessible space of the island.
“The feminine prosecutor requested that the vessel in query be confiscated and that the passengers and crew be introduced individually and it’s nonetheless seen from the statements what they did and what they didn’t do,” mentioned Local weather Change Minister Vassilis Kikilias, referring to the incident in Hydra.
And he continued, saying: “For some non-public folks with flames of 300 acres in Hydra, for the hearth used 6 air automobiles and a pair of teams of forest rangers, who have been lacking from fires and different providers.”