Accused loses appeal in Doujon Zammit murder case

A Greek bouncer who stands accused of the murder of Maltese-Australian Doujon Zammit in July 2008 has lost an appeal from a court decision to indict him.

Marios-Sosipatros Antonopoulos filed his appeal before the Greek Supreme Court.

Zammit, 20, was beaten to death with a metal truncheon after being chased outside a nightclub on the island of Mykonos, just days after he visited Malta. He died on August 2, 2008.

Antonopoulos also faces charges of the attempted murder of of other people who had accompanied Zammit.