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Six of the men, five Serbian nationals and a British man of Serbian origin, had been convicted by a first instance court last year. The courts sentenced them to between five and 15 years in prison, but four have since been released. The seventh defendant, a Greek barman, had been acquitted. A public prosecutor had ordered the retrial of all seven, deeming the sentences too lenient.
According to reports the family have now hired a new lawyer. The retrial was to go ahead yesterday on the 8th of January. However, the court was adjourned until Monday, 13th January.
Bakari Henderson, a 22-year-old from Austin, died in July 2017 after being beaten in the street following an argument in a bar in the Laganas resort area of Zakynthos island.
Henderson travelled to Greece for a photo shoot to promote his new clothing brand. On the night he was killed, the young man visited a bar in Zakynthos, Lagana. An arguement started soon after he took a photo with a lady who worked behind the bar. A man standing near Henderson questioned the woman about why she was talking to a “black man”, a bartender told authorities.
Surveillance video shows a member of a group slamming a bottle onto a table before hitting Henderson in the head. Henderson hit back. Footage from outside of the bar showed him leaving then getting pushed against a parked car by a man in the group. While on the ground, Henderson was punched and kicked repeatedly. Authorities say he died within a minute.
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