Ioanna Paliospyrou addressed the woman who changed her life in such a violent way today, shortly before the apology of the accused for the attack with vitriol.
Ioanna Paliospyrou approached the accused and said: "Will you tell the truth now? Should I sit and listen or leave?
The guards immediately transferred the accused to another place to prevent tensions.
The episode was preceded by a short break in order to examine the request of the side of Ioanna Paliospyrou for the summoning of two young witnesses who allegedly had contacts with the accused before and after the attack with vitriol.
Prosecutor Charalambos Mastrantonakis asked for the request to be rejected, saying characteristically: "The facts of the case are proven. What the court is investigating is the rendering of the correct legal characterization. For this reason witnesses do not need to come and tell the facts. If they came, there was no way they could testify against them. Self-incrimination has never existed. Consider if they have helped the accused come here and admit it. This will never happen. Thirdly, if they are called as witnesses and testify and then the court sends the case to the prosecutor's office for further investigation, it creates absolute invalidity. "It is right for the court, if it considers that there is evidence of assistance in the attack, to forward it to the prosecutor's office."
Earlier, the lawyer of the accused Sakis Kechagioglou submitted in writing to the court an independent claim for the conversion of the accusation from attempted murder to grievous bodily harm.
Efi, 36, who attacked Ioanna Paliospyrou with vitriol, arrived at the Mixed Jury Court shortly before 9 in the morning. A little earlier, the victim of the attack had passed through the door in order to hear the long-awaited apology.
What the 36-year-old Efi will apologize for is expected with great interest, since she has not yet explained the reasons why she attacked Ioanna with vitriol. On the contrary, her attitude so far is cynical and provocative, culminating when on the second day of the trial, she asked the court to speak out:
"I know that what has happened is not acceptable, but you, Ioanna, know why all this has happened. In no case did I want to take her life. "
Last April, when asked to apologize at the main interrogation stage, Efi stated that she did not accept the crime of attempted murder but that of grievous bodily harm, as she did not want to kill the 35-year-old girl but to hurt her. "I did not want to kill her with this move. I never intended to kill her but to hurt and injure her. "I just never imagined that this reckless action of mine would cause so much damage and a great Golgotha that would pass and will pass in the long run," he claimed, adding:
"I wish I could go back in time, if none of this had happened to anyone. I am very sorry for this result. For this I take full responsibility for this act I will be punished and I will be well punished… I do not accept the accusation as stated in the indictment. I accept the crime of bodily harm. By no means am I unrepentant and painless. I want to apologize sincerely and humbly for the harm and sorrow I caused to her and her family, which I hope they will accept. "
However, the 36-year-old had refused to explain to the investigator the reasons that led her to her horrible act and limited herself to saying the following:
"I considered her responsible for a very personal issue which was very important to me. It was the drop that overflowed the glass and made me see things from a different angle. I do not want to develop it further until the case reaches the court and all the truth is told. I would not want to misinterpret any of the above with speculation and fantastic scenarios about it. At the moment I stick to what I have said so far ".
Asked why she threw so much sulfuric acid at her victim in Ioanna, the 36-year-old said:
"It was not a big amount. It was a regular glass. I did not know that I would cause so much damage. I'm not a chemist… ".
Witnesses: He had murderous deceit
Efi, accused of the crime of attempted murder against Ioanna, will try to apologize to refute critical elements of the case, but especially the important testimonies of witnesses-experts who showed murderous deceit given the large amount of caustic acid used.
"The vitriol came in contact with the airways, after it had burned in the nose. If she had taken a deep breath, her life would have been in danger. "Also, if the fluid had continued to work and had not reached the pharmacy to be washed, it would have advanced to the cervix, through which many vessels pass which, if corroded, could lead to death," testified the doctor who has been treating Ioanna, her director for months. Plastic Surgery Clinic of Thriasio, Maria Kalofonou.
"The patient came to the emergency room and what we saw was unprecedented. We had to neutralize the temperature that exceeded 400 degrees Celsius Ή She was lucky to be close to the hospital. "If the pharmacist did not pour water on her, she was in danger of ending up before she reached the hospital", stressed Petros Dimovelis, head of the Plastic Surgery and Burns Department of the Metropolitan Hospital, where the victim was transported immediately after the attack.
"For me, the danger is not over, it can not be exposed to the sun, it can not consume food and fluids," said medical examiner Socrates Tsantiris.
"Ioanna was lucky and lived. "If he had not gone to the pharmacy and had not been washed, he would have died," a witness from the School of Public Health testified in court.
"I was shocked by the image, I saw a man who has no hope, no dream, only her personal death. She was forced to turn her eyelids for three quarters, she felt pain and was in the mood to commit suicide. It is my duty to keep Ioanna alive ", stressed the psychiatrist who monitors Ioanna, Professor Konstantinos Kontoangelos.
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