"Korkoneas did not deserve the mitigating factor" admitted the prosecutor of the Lamia Mixed Jury Court of Appeal, requesting that the former special guard be given the appropriate sentence, namely life imprisonment, for the intentional homicide with direct malice in a calm mental state of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos.
As is known, the recognition of a mitigating circumstance, namely the "previous lawful life" by the court of appeal, had led Epaminondas Korkoneas out of prison in the summer of 2019, as despite his conviction for the specific felonious act, he was given a 13-year sentence.
Of these, he had already served 11 years, while the favorable calculation of the work he provided inside the prison, the so-called "daily wages" was also counted, resulting in his release just 24 hours after the verdict of the Court of Appeal.
The prosecution proposal "vindicates the Grigoropoulos family, that a determined, cold, selfish and strongly anti-social police officer acted murderously against little Alexander, which makes the circumstances more aggravating," commented lawyer Nikos Konstantopoulos.
"The circumstances of a crime are taken into account by the law."
"The circumstances of a crime are taken into account by the law. I would also like to comment on the unacceptable, despite the law, completely arbitrary behaviour of the president of the court, Ms Papari. She alone decided that the family members present for the defence of the prosecution were not entitled to have a say, despite the fact that she herself in her decision ruled that we had to be summoned as parties," he added.
After the prosecutor's speech today, the bench announced the adjournment of the trial until June 28, when the lawyers of Epaminondas Korkoneas are expected to argue.
It is recalled that the Plenary of the Supreme Court has returned the appellate decision on mitigating circumstances to the Lamia Court of Appeals, ruling that the recognition of the prior legal life was not sufficiently justified.
The prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Vassilis Pliotas, filed an appeal, pointing out - among other things - that a clean criminal record is not linked to a lawful life and that the decision did not take into account "circumstances that suggest heralded insolence and lack of respect for legal goods and rights of honour and human dignity of third parties" in order to grant the mitigating circumstance of a previous honest life.
Source: cnn.gr
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