The trial of James Dalamagas on charges of illegal weapons possession and false testimony has been postponed until Thursday, while the decision on his extradition to Australia, where he faces murder charges, remains pending. Additionally, the case has expanded to include charges against his 86-year-old father, who allegedly harbored the wanted man. Despite claiming ignorance all these years, it was revealed that he was living with him in a house in Aegio. Similar involvement concerns Dalamagas’ 47-year-old partner, who claims she was completely unaware that the 56-year-old was wanted by Interpol. The trial has been rescheduled for Thursday, June 11, while until then the three individuals involved continue to remain in custody at the Aegio police subdivision, as their request for release was rejected.
Aegio: The cry of murdered Tim Voukelatos’ daughter – James Dalamagas suspected in her father’s murder
Meanwhile, 15,000 kilometers away, in Sydney, Australia, Vasiliki Voukelatos anxiously follows the developments, speaking to “Live News” about her father’s alleged killer: “I would ask him ‘did you do it, who did it, what happened, why did it happen?’ I was 9 years old. As a child, I was deeply hurt not having my father all the years I needed him. Everyone staring at me, talking, saying things, everyone had something to say”. “When I got a bit older, I would ask, everyone would say ‘he had… something with this Dalamagas. Did he do it? Did he get someone to do it? Something happened’. These are questions that need to be found, he needs to speak, he needs to say something,” continued Vasiliki Voukelatos.
In contrast to her father’s case, James Dalamagas has been criminally prosecuted for the murder of George Yannopoulos, two years later, in 1999, stabbed with a knife at a Sydney nightclub. The Greek expatriate and father of two stepped in to break up a fight and was found stabbed in the neck and stomach inside the establishment’s kitchen. James Dalamagas, notably, when asked about the two brutal murders that shocked Australia’s Greek community, instead of answering began talking about his brother. The families of both Yannopoulos and Voukelatos victims are demanding his extradition to Australia so he can be tried for the murders of their loved ones. However, Dalamagas insists on requesting not to be extradited to Australia, since he is a Greek citizen. The decision on his extradition will be made in the coming period. If approved by the Greek prosecutor, Dalamagas could be escorted directly to the airport by Australian Federal Police officers and board the next return flight.
