Efi Kakaratzoula's guilt during the indictment, ie for attempted murder, was decided by the court, rejecting the requests of her defense for the recognition of mitigating circumstances.
The court will hear her lawyers and will proceed with the issuance of the decision on the sentence.
If the prosecutor's proposal is accepted, a sentence of 14 years in prison will be imposed, which will practically mean staying in prison for about six years for the perpetrator of the vitriol attack.
The sentence is expected.
The court is currently in a conference to decide on the guilt of the accused. Shortly before, the prosecutor of the headquarters, Charalambos Mastrantonakis, asked for the floor to respond to the lawyer of Efi Kakaranzoula and to relevant arguments that he put forward to demonstrate the non-murderous intention of his client.
"The accused did not want to destroy Ioanna's face, she ruined her life. "Throwing the caustic liquid in his face, they accepted that he could inhale it, swallow it, go to the neck and die," the prosecutor said in his deuterology, adding: "It was revenge that even reached the point of accepting death."
Kehagioglou for Kakaranzoula: "If he wanted to kill Ioanna he had 100 ways to do it"
Earlier, the lawyer of Sakis Kechagioglou requested the recognition of the mitigation of his previous legal life for the 36-year-old Efi Kakaranzoula. In his speech today at the trial, he stated that he does not ask judges and jurors to recognize in his client the mitigating factors of sincere remorse and subsequent good behavior after the act.
As the lawyer of the accused explained - who was present in the courtroom - in order to alleviate the sincere repentance, the law requires specific actions on the part of the accused, which should show that he tried to remove the consequences of his act. However, in this case - stressed Mr. Kechagioglou - such a thing can not be done because what the accused could do is to contribute financially to the restoration of Ioanna's health. However, neither the perpetrator's family nor she has the financial means to do so. "If Efi and her family can help Ioanna in the coming years, it would be a moral act. Ioanna is very dignified and so is her family. I do not know if I would be so decent in her place. The mitigating main jurors are recognized regardless of the gravity of the act ", said Mr. Kehagioglou characteristically in his speech.
Also, the lawyer of the 36-year-old, speaking about the second mitigation which he did not ask to be recognized to his client - that of the subsequent good behavior after the operation - stated that the jurisprudence on this issue is specific and he does not ask for it as he believes it will not be done. accepted by the headquarters.
Also, during his speech, Mr. Kehagioglou referred to court decisions that have recognized perpetrators of similar attacks the crime of grievous bodily harm and not that of attempted murder which was attributed to his client. In fact, he referred, among other things, to the recent attack with caustic liquid against metropolitans in the Petraki Monastery by a priest who was being fired. "Why was the perpetrator of this attack who threw two liters of vitriol on the Metropolitans prosecuted for grievous bodily harm? It was a mistake of the prosecution to prosecute my client. Did the accused want to kill or injure Ioanna? This is what you have to judge. In my opinion he wanted to injure her, he did not want her dead. "He had 100 ways if he wanted to kill her," said the 36-year-old's lawyer.
Concluding his speech, Mr. Kehagioglou pointed out in court that her client fell victim to her obsession. "The accused is guilty because she fell in love, because she fell in love with the wrong person. She is guilty because she did not ask for the help of her friend Konstantina (s.s. Ioanna's cousin with whom the 36-year-old had a friendly contact) to clarify the matter. She is guilty because she was jealous and angry. She is guilty because she did not seek the help of a specialist to deal with her passion. Instead, go to the paper trash. He is guilty towards Ioanna because he destroyed her health and face. She is guilty towards Ioanna's family and her family. She is also guilty of this, because she tarnished her name and will go down in history as a vitriolist. "But she is innocent of the attempted murder she is charged with."
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