Criminal law
Mother convicted of murdering daughter in Patra
The Mixed Jury Court reached a verdict on Friday, finding Roula Pispirigou guilty in the murder of her eldest daughter, Georgina.
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Main defendant convicted in Kolonos minor’s rape case; mother acquitted of pimping
An Athens Mixed Jury Court on Friday rendered a guilty verdict against the defendant Ilias Michos, aged 55, for the rape of a 12-year-old girl, with a majority vote of five to two. The court disregarded the prosecutor's recommendation for acquittal. Consequently, Michos now faces a life sentence.
Former prosecutor goes on trial for binning thousands of cases
The former head of the Prosecutor's Office on the Ionian island of Corfu is going on trial on Tuesday, accused of abuses of power and the manipulation of public documents that resulted in thousands of criminal charges being dropped.
The routine of violence
Arson attacks and "raids" by hooded youths are starting to become a routine occurrence in downtown Athens once more, incidents that are relegated to the bottom of the crime news bulletin.
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Rethymno: 13-year-old girl became pregnant by her 15-year-old brother
A case file was formed in the degree of misdemeanour for sexual acts between first-degree relatives
Mother smuggles teen involved in fatal crash to US
A 17-year-old teenager involved in a fatal accident has been smuggled to America by his mother, a known writer, following the car crash that claimed one life and left several others injured.
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10 to face trial on terrorism-related charges
Authorities have remanded six persons accused of terrorist acts Sunday after their statements to an examining magistrate in Thessaloniki in northern Greece.
They are accused of five terrorist acts, the last of which was mailing a parcel bomb to the chief judge of the Thessaloniki appeals court in February. The charges involve six felonies and five misdemeanors.
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Scores of organized crime cases pending
Hundreds of organized crime trials have been left pending due to an abstention of lawyers that lasted for two years owing to their opposition to a provision in the Penal Code passed in 2020.
The provision in question set out the criminal treatment of those convicted on misdemeanor or felony criminal organization charges, sparking the universal reaction by lawyers across the country.
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Prison sentences for Kosovo-Metohija Serbs reverted to fines
PRISTINA - A Pristina basic court on Tuesday sentenced two Kosovo-Metohija Serbs to six months in prison for "involvement in a crowd committing criminal offences or hooliganism."
The men, Dusan Obrenovic and Rados Petrovic, were arrested in May last year following protests in Zvecan.
As they have pleaded guilty, their sentences were reverted to 6,000 euro fines.
Today the voting of the bill for the new Criminal Code - The main changes
Sentencing for misdemeanors, increase in the maximum sentence for felonies include provisions - The bill serves the rights of victims, the Justice Minister said