Supreme Court prosecutor Evangelos Bakelas, who undertook the examination and assessment of the requests — four in total — reached a negative decision on any further investigation, citing legal grounds. The first was by a decision of now-retired deputy Supreme Court prosecutor Achilleas Zisis, and later by a decision of Supreme Court prosecutor K. Tzavellas, who retired more than a month ago after reaching the statutory age limit. Following the trial and the heavy convictions of four private individuals in connection with the wiretapping case, Spirtzis requested a new investigation based on the convictions. He submitted electronic messages from his mobile phone to the Supreme Court Prosecutor’s Office, including one marked “confidential”. What are the legal grounds invoked by the Supreme Court prosecutor, which lawyer Zacharias Kesses has criticised as “legal acrobatics” aimed at preventing an examination of the substance of the case?