Ilias Michos

The main defendant, Ilias Michos, aged 55, in the Kolonos case for the sexual abuse and exploitation of a 12-year-old girl, will remain in prison for 20 years, which is the minimum term of the total 27 years imposed on him after the Athens mixed jury combined his sentences on Monday. 

Disregarding the prosecutor's recommendation for acquittal, an Athens mixed jury court on Friday issued a guilty verdict against the defendant Ilias Michos, aged 55, for the rape of a 12-year-old girl, in the trial over her sexual abuse and exploitation in the Kolonos district of Athens.

Thousands rallied in downtown Athens on Thursday evening over judicial developments in the Kolonos child sexual abuse and pimping case.

The prosecutor argued on Wednesday that there was insufficient evidence to convict 55-year-old businessman Ilias Michos of raping the young girl, forcing her into prostitution and profiting from pimping.

A prosecutor's recommendations for the chief suspect in the case of an Athens girl, who was sexually abused and forced into prostitution when she was 12 years old, spurred tension in Parliament on Thursday, as a protest rally was planned to take place in the city center.

After a months-long procedure conducted behind closed doors, the prosecutor has requested that the judges of a mixed jury court acquit 55-year-old businessman Ilias Michos of charges alleging the rape of a 12-year-old girl in downtown Kolonos district, as well as charges of coercive pimping and collection of prostitution earnings, citing insufficient evidence.

The trial of 28 defendants linked to the pimping of a 12-year-old Athens girl began on Monday behind closed doors.