Scenes of tension between the deceased Sifi Valyrakis and a fishing boat that was moving at the critical time in the same waters, describes an eyewitness, who has testified what he saw to the authorities.
The witness, who was on the opposite shore from the sea area, described to his camera Open TV, that on Sunday afternoon he observed the inflatable of the former minister starting from his country house and heading towards the spot where he was sitting on some rocks on the shore.
Before he approached the straight line where he was, the witness noticed that the engine of the boat died and started again after the efforts of Sifi Valyrakis. But when the inflatable boat reached the straight line opposite him, the engine went off again, Then, according to what the eyewitness said, a fishing boat approached the former minister, but in the rant that followed, he could not hold back much, except for some words that revealed that there was tension in the dialogue between the two involved.
«They came to a rivalry, but I cannot know what happened. They started insults and there was a tension. All I could hear, because it was completely quiet and everything could be heard in the sea, I could only hear the boat saying “go away, I will call the port authority” and Mr. Valyrakis saying “you will cl****s me”. So that's where he stopped and then the commercial fishing boat did two spins around the dinghy. Then one pulled right and the other pulled left.».
As the witness stated, at that very moment he got up to leave the place where he was, so he did not realize what followed. In other words, he did not see in which direction each boat left and whether there were other passengers on the fishing boat.
In Coast Guard, where he was called for additional testimony on Wednesday, 27/01, the eyewitness stated that he was presented with photographs of fishing boats in the wider area, of which he singled out three whose «soup was similar» to the fishing boat involved in the incident with Valyrakis.
The man said that when he learned of the former minister's disappearance on the spot he sent a voice message to Stem of the port authority. Then, she contacted him and informed him of the Problem that Mr. Valyrakis encountered with his boat.
He also stressed that at that time he did not know about the death his.
He also stated that he could not clarify anything about the what happened next the fight between the two, while stressing that such fights between professional and amateur fishermen are now very common.
He added that «as I spoke with a Port Authority official, the next morning I was voluntarily outside the Port Authority and said I wanted to Denounce something.».
As to whether it has accepted threats or if feared about his life said that «I don't think I've done anything wrong, because anyone in my position would want to find a light“.
What the forensic examination showed
Heavy head injuries is the cause of death of the former minister and historic member of the PASOK, Sifi Valyrakis.
The coroner also found bruising on his lateral left side neck, most likely from the propeller of the vessel.
Nikos Kalogrias also states in his finding that the consequence was the drowning, while he did not find that he had suffered a heart attack earlier.
As it turns out, perhaps by some fainting episode fell into the water and the propeller caused injuries to his head and neck.
