Authorities have arrested the chief guard at Domokos prison, as the correctional officer is accused of complicity in the murder of a 43-year-old Greek life-sentenced inmate inside the prison by a Bulgarian high-security prisoner.

According to reports, the investigator was not persuaded by the scenario that the Bulgarian “saved” the prison officer.

The gaps in the “rescue” story

From the very beginning, the scenario presented by the chief guard of Domokos prison and the Bulgarian high-security prisoner (perpetrator of the “death contract” against Greek-Australian businessman Giannis Makris, who was murdered outside his home in Voula in October 2018) — that the 43-year-old Greek inmate tried to shoot the correctional officer — had major gaps. Officers handling the case raise a series of questions that, in essence, undermine this narrative.

Initially, video analysis from inside the prison (though not at the exact location of the murder, but in the corridors) shows the 43-year-old Greek leaving his cell after being informed earlier 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 has a weapon in his possession, contrary to the claims of the chief guard and the Bulgarian prisoner.

When they arrived at the location (which, coincidentally, is “blind” to security cameras, meaning anyone could claim anything), according to the prison officer and the Bulgarian, the 43-year-old attacked the officer intending to shoot him.

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

In fact, he didn’t shoot him just once and somewhere in the body, but three times, with two bullets striking the 43-year-old Greek life-sentenced inmate in the head. “There are serious indications that this scenario does not correspond to reality,” senior officers emphasize.

As reported to protothema.gr, both ballistic tests and the coroner’s report will provide answers about what happened that Sunday night. These will determine the angle from which the victim was shot, helping to reconstruct the incident.

How did the weapon get inside the prison?

According to the chief guard and the Bulgarian perpetrator, the victim had the pistol in his possession. If one accepts this scenario as possible, it means the 43-year-old Greek somehow acquired the weapon and brought it through the security systems—certainly with some form of insider help—since it is assumed that internal assistance would have been necessary.

But if the 43-year-old was unarmed and was led there to be killed, then it implies that someone with regular access to the prison brought the weapon inside the correctional facility so that the death contract could be carried out.

The “sinful” relatives of the chief guard

It was revealed yesterday that the chief guard is related by marriage to an Albanian high-security prisoner, an escapee from Domokos prison. However, further investigation found that another close relative of his, in the 2000s, was arrested in a major police operation against the so-called “Crime Syndicate,” as he was the “deep throat” of the Greek Mafia.

Police officers who handled that case said he provided information to someone who was later murdered in Chaidari, with many believing that this began a blood feud that has continued to this day.