Creepy details of the brutal double murder of Makrinitsa[/B] of April 5, 2021 with victims Konstantina Tsapa and her brother George at the hands of her ex-husband were heard today in the courtroom of the Mixed Jury Court of Karditsa, in the trial that started at 9 am and continued until late with the testimonies of witnesses.
Innocent or guilty
According to ertnews.gr, the 34-year-old currently accused, asked by the president of the court whether he pleads innocent or guilty, when the charge of double homicide with intent and in a calm state of mind was read out, he answered correctly: "I don't accept it because I was not myself."
It was the position taken by the defense, namely that the killer was unaccountable for his actions because of psychiatric disorders he was suffering from a perception disorder and schizophrenia.
The prosecution argued to the contrary, arguing that if the defendant had the unaccountability, the perpetrator's defense could avail itself of Article 200 on psychiatric expert testimony, which refers to mental health and essentially entitles him to incarceration, whereas if he did have the unaccountability he could make use of Article 80 of the Criminal Code which gives the right to persons of such mental illness not to appear in court, which again was not used by the defence.
On the contrary, the perpetrator was in his right mind and this is proven by the fact that in order to be arrested he was chased for about two hours both within the city of Volos and on the road to Lechonia and Ag. Killing in Makrinitsa: "I wanted to beat him up, but my daughter wouldn't let me"
Also, the prosecution spoke of a premeditated crime which is proven by the injuries inflicted on the abdomen and heart of both victims.
The witnesses
According to ertnews.gr, initially testified the police officers involved in both the chase for the arrest of the perpetrator and those who were confronted with the horrific crime, with the bodies of the two children stabbed multiple times in the heart and abdomen.
Chilling details
And the details testified by the police officer who was first on the scene were chilling, saying "the wound was so deep that I saw George's heart. I tried to save him by pressing the wound with whatever rags I could find, but the pool of blood wouldn't stop until he turned white as paper and finally burned to death."
All the witnesses who followed referred to the personality of the perpetrator and the fact that Konstantina was a happy and sociable child and that since her marriage I had cut off all friends and all friends, which she gradually regained from December 2020 when she divorced the perpetrator and moved to her parents' house in Makrinitsa, concluding that he was jealous of her and generally did not allow her to have contact with friends.
Tragic parents
Tragic figures are the parents of the victimized children, who relived minute by minute the tragic moment of the murder, through the many questions they received during their testimony, while what they are asking for is justice for their children, justice for their unjust loss.
Brutality
Characteristic are the words of the mother who was saved from the perpetrator's wrath because he chose to allow her to live by telling her "you kar...la I will let you live to hurt".
On Thursday night, the trial was adjourned due to a request made by the prosecution regarding the inability of the psychiatric forensic psychiatry professor to appear in court and testify, President of the Hellenic Psychiatric Forensic Society (EPSDE), Athanasios Douzenis, who was the technical adviser to the expert examination carried out to establish the perpetrator's state of mental health.
Adjournment
The bench retired to decide whether to adjourn for another day or to continue the proceedings.
Then the president of the Mixed Jury Court of Karditsa announced that the court accepts the adjournment and sets Wednesday, June 22, 2022 as the day for the continuation of the trial.
Source: in.gr
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