The unfortunate 32-year-old was murdered with 14 stab wounds at the 2nd Cemetery of Athens in October 2017 by Emmanuel Soropidis, who has been sentenced in the first instance to two life sentences.
As the defendant had confessed, he had intended to rob her, she resisted and then he beat her. He left her bleeding and fled, taking her purse and cell phone with him.
The trial in the court of appeal began earlier this month without the presence of the defendant. It is not excluded that if the court proceeds to a conference the decision will be issued within the day.
The parents of the tax inspector expressed their doubts about the motive of the perpetrator, insisting that behind the crime moral perpetrators related to cases handled by their daughter at the tax office.
"I don't believe he killed her for five euros. I heard he was stalking her, going around our neighborhood. I don't believe 100% that he killed her to rob her. Maybe somebody put him up to it. My daughter fought for her life," Dora Zemberi's mother has testified.
The victim's father appeared certain that something else was behind the crime.
"It was not a robbery. It was pure murder, they ambushed the girl. They killed her for a business case. He was a pawn, bring in the real killers" he shouted in court.
In the same vein were the testimonies of the tax inspector's brothers. Forensic expert Spyros Bouzianis appeared confident that the perpetrator of the crime wanted to kill the victim and not to intimidate her, saying that "the death was caused by the blows to the chest and heart. They were concentrated there, showing will to kill and showing brutality."
Finally, the head of the tax office where Dora Zemberi worked testified that together with the victim at the time they had imposed a fine of 3.5 million euros. He added that "she seemed distracted lately, because she had lost a friend and told me to keep an eye on her in case she missed something."
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