Rapid developments for the rape of the 8-year-old in Rhodes: The grandfather of the family testified

The father of the mother of the 8-year-old was asked to answer a series of questions related to the abuse of the child and categorically denied any relationship

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According to the website dimokratiki.gr, until yesterday, Friday, the little girl's grandfather had not testified during the preliminary investigation, nor was there an order for him to take a deposition.

However, he was asked to answer a series of questions regarding the abuse of the child and categorically denied any relationship, noting both he and his wife, his daughter and the other two children that he has actually taken care of their upbringing. and that there was strict against the 8-year-old.

The grandfather in his illegitimate testimony assumed that the perpetrator is fellow his daughter, even leaving hints for his own child. He claimed in particular that the whole case could have been methodized by the couple to remove custody from them of children and entrusted to their naval father.

In any case, the specific affidavit as well as the affidavits that have been taken will be duly evaluated by the Public Prosecutor of Rhodes, who was fully informed about the details of the case and ordered new investigative acts.

According to information from the "democratic", upon a written request of the medical examiner, an additional examination will be carried out by him as well as a gynecological, microbiological and psychiatric examination of the child. We remind you that from the forensic examination of the other children, no evidence of abuse was found.

The medical examiner's report

Regarding the 8-year-old, the medical examiner duly handed over a detailed report describing the findings, in which the manner of their provocation is probable, without any sexual abuse being certain.

It is becoming clear that there will be no clear indication until the middle of next week.

As part of the preliminary investigation, the 33-year-old mother of the 8-year-old child, her partner from Pontos, his grandmother and her two other girls, aged 10 and 12, testified in the presence of a child psychologist.

It is noted that it has also emerged from testimonies that the abuse suffered by the child came from an object, which he himself described as looking like a "knife" in the testimony given by a child psychologist.

What the child psychologist says

The child psychologist has ruled, according to the same information, that the child has mental deprivation and places it in terms of his perception at the age of 3,5 years.

Competently evaluates information that one of the siblings of the 8-year-old wants to have a video in mobile phone in which the child is allegedly beaten by his grandfather.

His two brothers examined, in the presence of a child psychologist, reportedly expressed their grief over the fact that they are not with their grandparents, pointed out that their grandfather is strict but loves them and ruled out any suspicion of committing crimes within the close circle. of the family.

The mother of the child, who was bullied when her identity and social media accounts were leaked and it was found that she had posted photos with "provocative" content, closed her accounts on Thursday night.

The 33-year-old testified that she and her partner do not work and remain in their home, above the home of their children's grandparents and parents, with their children. She stressed that she is absent only to go to the supermarket and for other jobs and the children stay with her parents who help her.

"I want the culprit to be found"

At the same time, the mother of the child states in her statements that she had seen the child's injuries and asks for the culprit to be found, while she identifies the commission of the crime, in 2020, when she, as she said, was "missing".

More specifically, the child, who is mentally retarded and is being monitored by child psychologists after being hospitalized on the island, allegedly complained to his mother that he was in pain in certain parts of his body, according to what she told Evi Giarkia and show "Truths with Zina" on Star channel.

"About a week ago, my daughter complained to me that she had pain in her genitals and that she had some discomfort. She was constantly crying, crying and saying 'it's my fault, I'm sorry' ".

"I saw something in the child's genitals, some signs. They surprised me, I took a photo of them and sent them to a pediatrician to consult her. I spoke to the police and I am not afraid. "All I want is for the culprit to be found," said the girl's mother, adding that she had noticed recent changes in the child's behavior: "He was crying, he was afraid of himself and he kept cursing," she said.