The parents of Australian tourist Doujon Zammit, who was bashed to death in Greece, say the hefty jail sentences given to the three men responsible have brought them little relief.
Rosemarie and Oliver Zammit say they feel like they have been handed their own life sentence, despite having watched a Greek court convict the three men who beat their son to death in Mykonos in 2008.
Nightclub bouncer Marios Antonopoulos has been jailed for 22 and a half years for inflicting the vicious head wounds which caused 20-year-old Doujon's death.
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George Chatzioannou and Dimitris Varonas have also been found guilty of being involved in the attack and given sentences of less than 10 years.
Bail for two men
However, Chatzioannou and Varonas escaped being jailed after a court on the island of Lesbos allowed them to walk free on bail of 10,000 euro after their lawyers said they would appeal their sentences.
Doujon's parents, who with their two sons flew to Greece from their Sydney home for the trial of the three men, said they accepted the sentences imposed by the court.
But they expressed fears that Chatzioannou and Varonas could flee Greece while on bail and never face the punishment imposed on them by the court.
"We believe in justice, we believe in the law and we accept the sentences that were passed down," Mr Zammit told reporters outside the court in the town of Mytilene.
"(We're) a bit disappointed two men are going to be walking the streets, two men that have proven to be dishonest.
"Two men that have the financial ability to leave this country and never come back so they won't have to serve their time."
Tight security
Security was tight at the court house as the three men waited to hear their fates.
All three sat stony-faced before the panel of four jury members and three judges as the guilty verdicts and their sentences were read out.
As he was led from the court surrounded by armed police, Antonopoulos nodded and muttered "yes" when a reporter asked if he was sorry for what he had done.
Antonopoulos, Chatzioannou and Varonas all had their charges downgraded in a last-minute decision by the court before being found guilty.
Antonopoulos had originally been charged with murder, while Chatzioannou and Varonas faced charges of being accessories to attempted murder.
Antonopoulos to appeal
However the jurors and judges decided the men should instead be found guilty of lesser charges and jailed accordingly.
Antonopoulos, who had been facing a life sentence on the murder charge, was jailed for causing fatal bodily injury.
He also intends to appeal his sentence, but will remain behind bars until his case is heard by a higher court.
Chatzioannou was jailed for eight years and three months for complicity, while Varonas was handed a seven-and-a-half- year sentence for the same offence.
During the trial, which began last week, the court heard how Zammit died from a head injury caused by a blow from a blunt metal object.
Life support switched off
He and two other Australian men had left the Tropicana nightclub about 11pm on July 28, 2008, on a quad bike and were chased by Antonopoulos and three others amid a dispute over a missing handbag.
The Australians were confronted by the men about 1.5km from the club, pushed up against a wall and searched before Zammit was repeatedly beaten and hit with batons.
He was rushed to a hospital in Athens but later died when his life support machine was turned off.
The nightclub owner, Stamatis Daktylidis, was earlier found not guilty of supplying weapons.
A fifth person accused of being involved in the attack is due to face a separate trial in a juvenile court.
