We call for the scoundrel to be tried and jailed so that the girls who have been so afraid to go out for so long can rest easy, said the mother of one of the four girls who were allegedly sexually abused by the 48-year-old man in an area of Thessaloniki.
The father, a father of many children, sat in the dock of the Thessaloniki Mixed Jury Court today and is accused of sexually abusing his children's underage friends when they came to play at his home in a suburb of Thessaloniki.
His own post-witness testimony was adjourned and is expected to resume on April 14.
We believe in justice, but if I didn't have my husband to keep me, I would have gone into his house and killed him. I would rather I be tried too him, he doesn't deserve to be in court or even in jail, the angry mother said, adding that what we are asking for is for him to rot in jail.
I am innocent, says defendant
The 48-year-old is accused of rape, both completed and attempted, sexual acts with a minor under the age of 12 and serial and repeated abuse of minors. At the start of the proceedings, the accused pleaded not guilty. I am falsely accused and I have not committed any of the heinous acts that are attributed to me, he said.
Three of the four mothers of the underage victims were in the courtroom of the Mixed Jury Court today to testify, and they described the shocking things they reported that their underage daughters experienced when they were under the age of ten.
Shocking testimonies
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My daughter had been going to the defendant's house since she was 6 years old and sitting for about two hours at a time. She was friends with his daughter. When she told me what had happened she started to shake all over and told me that M's dad was teasing me . He was teasing me, touching me all over my body she said and the child was not feeling well. I had told her not to let anyone touch her body and underwear. I was going crazy and trying to be calm, the mother of a minor girl testified.
She went on to say that the first time the defendant allegedly molested her daughter was when she was 6 years old. She was at his house and he accidentally splashed water on her clothes. Her friend told her to go upstairs where her daddy is to give her clothes. Instead of changing, she took the dryer and started drying her where she got wet. Then he ran his hands all over her body. The next few times, my daughter went to the toilet, he again started kissing her on the mouth, grabbing her breasts and telling her to touch him on her genitals, she said."
According to her, this all went on for five years and the child is now in the sixth grade.
What another minor victim told her mother
As another girl's mother testified in court, her daughter had been going to the defendant's house to play with her friend since the age of 8. She was told by the first mother about what had happened to the other child and asked her daughter if she had experienced similar incidents from the defendant. Although she did not say anything at first, late in the evening she admitted it, the mother said.
It's true that and he did it to me. He has touched my breasts, genitals and kissed me on the mouth. He pulled down my underwear and kissed me on the mouth. I was trying to avoid it and told him let's go outside and play while his daughter was in the bathroom. He also pulled down his pants and touched her with his genitals. It happened two or three times, she said, describing to the court what her daughter told her.
My daughter asked me what it means to lust a lot I wanted to go to his house and break his bones
What the mother of the third underage girl, who was 8 years old at the time, testified in court is also chilling. She came home one day and wasn't talking. On the second day, I went to give her a hug and she asked me mama what does it mean that I desire you very much. She told me that the day before yesterday when they were playing in the yard, she asked the defendant for water and he hugged her from behind, grabbed her by the genitals and told her I desire you very much, she testified.
She asked her daughter if anything had happened before and then she replied that a few days earlier, while they were playing video games with his children, the accused started stroking her legs.
As soon as I found out I wanted to go to his house and break all his bones, the minor's mother said, stressing that to this day her child tells her: Mom I'm scared. Since then I hated boys.
The last witness, testified from the defense side, was the father of the 48-year-old defendant, expressing the opinion that the minors denounced his son because they were jealous of his granddaughter who was hanging out with them.
He had his house open, so he learned and lived himself since he was a small child. I don't think there is a more heinous crime than the one you are charging him with. If he accepts that he did what he is accused of, I am not satisfied with a life sentence for my son, he said among other things.
He expressed the view that the allegations were made because the girls were jealous of his granddaughter.
The chronicle
We recall that, the criminal prosecution was initiated by the complaint submitted by a mother of a minor to the police in September 2020. When the preliminary investigation was completed, criminal charges were brought.
The man in question resided with his family in a suburb of Thessaloniki. The four minors visited the accused's house from 2015 to 2019, as they were friends of his children. The three girls (born in 2010 and 2009) maintained a friendly relationship with his minor daughter, while the fourth girl (born in 2006) was a friend of one of his sons and a classmate of his other son.
The girls would go home to hang out with friends their own age, knowing their parents believed they were safe and not in danger, however the 48-year-old now faces charges of sexually abusing them.
Source: Proto Thema
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