Skordelli ‘wanted to meet Fanieros’

THE FOURTH witness, Sigma television reporter Andreas Azas, testified how he arranged a meeting between Skordelli, who is a friend of his for the past 16 years, and well-known Larnaca businessman Antonis Fanieros, whom Azas knows since 1990.

Azas told the court the Skordelli had asked him to arrange the meeting with Fanieros, but he did not know the reason.

The meeting took place in June or July 2009, Azas said, at the Ermis football club – which is chaired by Fanieros’ son, Loucas.

Azas said he was not present at the meeting, and that he was in Loucas’ office talking football with him.

Two days after the meeting, Antonis Fanieros called Azas and told him: “I do not want to get involved in this kind of business.”

Asked by the defence to clarify, Azas said Fanierios meant Sigma has a lot of shareholders and he did not want to get involved.

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