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\u201cIt appears that an attempt was made to delete some evidence, which police officers managed to recover,\u201d Dimoglidou told Greek television station SKAI on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
She said she could not disclose the content of the recovered material but described it as \u201cvery important evidence\u201d for the investigation.<\/p>\n
Dimoglidou also stressed the importance of the police\u2019s immediate response after authorities received the news of Mazonakis\u2019 death. Police teams went to the hospital, his home and the private medical practice where an incident had occurred earlier.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis case demonstrates how important it is for the Police to respond immediately,\u201d she said, adding that \u201cattempts were made to conceal evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police identified contradictions early in investigation<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Dimoglidou highlighted the role of officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, who examined the scene and identified specific findings before briefing the prosecutor responsible for the case.<\/p>\n She also said investigators identified contradictions during the early stages of the inquiry.<\/p>\n \u201cThese were very important elements that allowed us to move the investigation forward and realise that we were not being given information about what actually happened at the scene,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n According to Dimoglidou, police identified contradictions between the initial statements they received and evidence gathered from the area around the medical practice.<\/p>\n Investigators also identified a significant discrepancy concerning the time Mazonakis arrived at and entered the medical practice.<\/p>\n \u201cThere was a major discrepancy between the time given verbally to the Hellenic Police and the actual time when this person arrived and entered the medical practice,\u201d Dimoglidou said.<\/p>\n The contradictions, together with the evidence investigators collected and recovered, prompted police to broaden their inquiry into the events that preceded Giorgos Mazonakis\u2019 death.<\/p>\n