Jan Gulliksen Skrevet 26. april 2002 Del Skrevet 26. april 2002 Av og til kan det være trøblete å være fly-spotter: (legg særlig merke til utsagnet til den greske reporteren Georgia A.!) Greek prosecutor demands planespotters' conviction By Karolos Grohmann KALAMATA, Greece, April 26 (Reuters) - A Greek prosecutor on Friday demanded the conviction of 14 British and Dutch planespotters, saying they posed a threat to national security. Panagiotis Poulios told a three-judge panel during his closing statements they should find eight of the planespotters guilty of illegally obtaining state secrets and the other six for collaborating with them. "There is no doubt that they knew the information they had gathered was secret. They knew they had obtained it illegally and they knew it could affect national security," he said. He said evidence had clearly shown that six Britons and two Dutch planespotters from a group of 14 had illegally collected sensitive military information. "This poses a clear threat to national security," he said, standing above the seated defendants, who looked on impassively. The other six Britons, Poulias said, should be found guilty of collaborating in the crime. None risks imprisonment. The offence they face is usually dealt with by a fine or a suspended sentence, and most of the group have booked return flights home for Saturday, expecting the trial to end on Friday. The 14 were arrested last November for gathering information on fighter jets and military installations near the southern Greek town of Kalamata. After a flurry of diplomatic consultations between European Union members Britain and Greece, the 13 men and one woman were released on bail and the charge was reduced from spying to the misdemeanour of obtaining national secrets. The spy charge in would have carried a maximum sentence of 20 years. The defendants toured seven Greek airbases, two aircraft museums and a plane scrapyard before being detained. They deny any wrongdoing. They told judges they were indulging an innocent hobby popular in Britain, after receiving an official invitation to attend an air display near Kalamata. "Intention was not proven here... all data they collected had previously been published in magazines, there is no evidence whatsoever against these people," one of the group's lawyers Yannis Zacharias said in his closing statements. Greeks in the quiet seaside town of Kalamata expressed bafflement at the hobby of planespotting. "Haven't they got anything better to do with their lives?" asked local reporter Georgia Anagnostopoulou. "I also like planes but I don't act like that." Greece strictly bans photography of military installations. Justice officials have said suspicions of the planespotters centred on whether they had connections with neighbouring Turkey, Greece's historical enemy and military rival. REUTERS Siter Lenke til kommentar Del på andre sider More sharing options...
Arild Oldervoll Skrevet 26. april 2002 Del Skrevet 26. april 2002 Jepp, jeg mener fortsatt at flyspotting kunne ha godt inn i kategorien "ekstremsport" Siter Lenke til kommentar Del på andre sider More sharing options...
Knut Arne Nygård Skrevet 26. april 2002 Del Skrevet 26. april 2002 "Ein uskyldig, men litt sær hobby" sa dei på kveldsnytt i kveld Siter Lenke til kommentar Del på andre sider More sharing options...
Vegard Nilsen Skrevet 26. april 2002 Del Skrevet 26. april 2002 quote: Opprinnelig postet av Knut Arne Nygård: "Ein uskyldig, men litt sær hobby" sa dei på kveldsnytt i kveld Fikk med meg det jeg og... Jeg synes at de skulle ha sagt hvorfor de mente det og...! God Natt alle sammen Siter Lenke til kommentar Del på andre sider More sharing options...
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