A case that was revealed in June 2018 and had shocked public opinion, involving a 65-year-old - then - coach of a children's team in a village in Boeotia, who was arrested for molesting underage girls aged 13 and 14, was revived at the Lamia Mixed Jury Court.
According to lamiareport.gr, the 69-year-old, today, sat in the dock of the accused for the felony act of lewd act with a minor under 14 years old, repeatedly, and the lewd act with a minor under 15 years old, repeatedly. In addition, he was accused of having forced a 13-year-old girl to watch him and her 15-year-old friend having sexual intercourse.
The MOD of Lamia, unanimously declared the 69-year-old guilty of all the above charges, recognizing no mitigating circumstances and sentenced him to ten (10) years and six (6) months imprisonment and a fine of 55.000 euros.
However, he gave his appeal a suspensive effect and will remain out of jail until the case is heard in the second instance.
The chronicle of the horror
According to lamiareport.gr the elderly man had approached the older girl - who is Roma - taking advantage of his poverty and lack of a supportive family environment, managing for a monetary exchange - 10 euros - to have sexual intercourse with her and even regularly.
He even presented himself as a friend and support to her family, even taking her younger brother to and from training with the children's football team he was in charge of.
With various gifts, shrimp and croissants, he then approached the 13-year-old Roma girl, who was also a Roma, and even forced her to watch the sexual act with her 15-year-old friend, before committing lewd acts on her as well.
Initially, the 13-year-old had even claimed that she had been raped by the elderly man, an accusation that was not proven in the preliminary investigation.
For his part, the elderly man had denied all accusations that he attributed to revenge by the minors because he had denounced them to the police that they had been having sex with elderly people and foreigners.
He had been arrested in June 2018 and had remained in temporary detention until September that year, when the investigating judge decided to replace the temporary detention with the restrictive conditions of not being allowed to leave the country and presenting himself at the AT of his residence twice a month.
Source: in.gr
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