Monday, 25th August 2008 - 14:02CET
Doujon Zammit murder: Owners of two nightclubs to be questioned
Paradise Beach. Picture taken from Facebook page "Doujon Zammit - Only the good die young!", uploaded by Rosalina Colubriale.
The owners of two nightclubs on the Greek Island of Mykonos whose employees have been implicated in the murder of Doujon Zammit, are to be questioned this week, Dr Richard Vella Laurenti – Malta’s Ambassador in Greece – told timesofmalta.com.
The 25-year-old bouncer who allegedly bashed Doujon with a baton has now been charged with voluntary homicide while three other staff members were charged as accessories. All four bouncers are to give supplementary evidence tomorrow.
Meanwhile, a 30-year-old coast guard who allegedly witnessed the beating taking place but failed to inform the authorities, was suspended from his post. A Merchant Marine Ministry source told Greek media that the coast guard was suspended after his name was mentioned in the testimony of one of the four bouncers. The same source said that the coast guard had been a member of the coast’s elite unit. The coast guard was not physically involved in the attack.
Doujon Zammit, a 20-year-old Maltese-Australian, died after he was bashed into a coma by a bouncer outside the Tropicana club on Mykonos on July 28, a day after he left Malta. Three days later, his father Oliver, took a heart-breaking decision to unplug his son’s life-support machine. Doujon’s organs were donated.
In a letter to Dr Vella Laurenti, dated August 4, Professor Ioannis Papadimitriou, president of the board of directors at the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, expressed the centre’s gratitude at the donation.
“This tragic father having lost his son under brutal circumstances was able to elevate himself above his understandable wrath in order to donate his son's organs to Greek transplant candidates,” the letter read. Dr Vella Laurenti said that Professor Papadimitriou ended his letter saying, “the history and the traditions of the ancient people of Malta influenced this gallant man to offer to all of us a shining example of humane behaviour”.
Together with his cousin Cameron Tabone, who suffered a broken nose and wrist in the attack, Doujon had travelled to Dubai, Rome, Venice, Barcelona, Ibiza and Malta before heading for Greece.
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As regards Maltese bouncers. Some years ago I had a conversation with one man who does this job. I don't remember his name. He had been in prison before for some violent crime and he told me that he does administer the occasional beating during his job as a bouncer. He also told me that sometimes he ends up in court but his employer pays his fine. Of course I have no proof of whether what he was telling me was true or not but it makes you wonder how efficient our prisons are at re-educating people. Remember that the official name of the prison is Corradino CORRECTIONAL facility.