'He is satisfied': Sydney gangster's widow welcomes guilty verdict | latikambourke
Macris was gunned down while sitting in his wife's black smart car that was parked outside his home in Voula on October 31, 2018, in what is thought to have been a contract killing.Spyros Bakalis
It is still unknown why a contract may have been taken out on Macris' life, but there has been a long-standing war amongst the Greek mafia. In a Greek court overnight, Yuliyanov J Raychev Serafim, a 33-year-old from Bulgaria, was found guilty and sentenced to life in jail for gunning down Macris, and an additional two years' imprisonment for carrying a gun, a total sentence of 18 years.His 36-year-old brother, Milen Raychev, who helped carry out the crime by driving the getaway car — a Nissan Pulsar rented in Serafim's name — was sentenced to 10 years in jail. However, he is expected to serve just three years in custody.
Macris' wife, model Viktoria Karyda, wept outside the court after the sentence was delivered and said she was satisfied justice had been served. "What my husband, who sees and listens to everything from the sky, wanted, happened," the mother-of-two said through tears.Bulgarian national Yuliyanov J Raychev Serafim, 33, was convicted of gunning down Sydney man John Macris in Athens in 2018.Macris' mother was minding his two young children inside the home at the time of the murder. Macris spent time in prison in Australia but had a clean record in Greece, where his security and cleaning company bid for government contracts.
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