He was arrested again for assaulting journalists covering the December 1976 funeral of Evangelos Mallios, a policeman who allegedly tortured people during the Regime of the Colonels, assassinated by the Revolutionary Organization 17 November, but was released due to technical issues related to his arrest.
En decembro de 1976 arrestárono de novo por agredirlles aos xornalistas que cubrían o funeral de Evangelos Mallios, un policía que presuntamente realizara torturas durante o Réxime dos Coroneis, e que fora asasinado pola Organización Revolucionaria 17 de novembro, non obstante liberárono por mor de problemas técnicos relacionados co seu arresto.