Dairy School of Ioannina

A prosecutor on Tuesday recommended a guilty verdict for eight former students of the Dairy School of Ioannina in northwestern Greece who are accused of causing grievous bodily harm to to their classmate, Vangelis Giakoumakis, a 20-year-old who committed suicide at the school in 2015.

A woman testifying in the trial against nine former students of the Dairy School of Ioannina on charges of causing grievous bodily harm to classmate Vangelis Giakoumakis - a 20-year-old who committed suicide at the school in 2015 - said she saw the accused punching the victim repeatedly in the face and spitting on him.

The trial against nine former students of the Dairy School of Ioannina on charges of causing grievous bodily harm to classmate Vangelis Giakoumakis - a 20-year-old who committed suicide at the school in 2015 - was adjourned until June 6 on Tuesday.

The court in northwestern Greece heard from three witnesses, including a classmate who said she never saw the 20-year-old being bullied.

Several witnesses in the trial of nine former students of the Dairy School of Ioannina, all Cretans, charged in connection with the suicide of their classmate Vangelis Giakoumakis, testified on Friday to seeing the 20-year-old bullied on many occasions.

A prosecutor in the trial of nine former students of the Dairy School of Ioannina who are charged with causing grievous bodily harm to a classmate who committed suicide expressed frustration on Thursday that several witnesses seemed to have forgotten what they had initially told police in their testimonies.

The trial against nine former students of the Dairy School of Ioannina on charges of causing grievous bodily harm to classmate Vangelis Giakoumakis, a 20-year-old who committed suicide at the school in 2015, is set to start in the northwestern city on Monday.

Judges in the northwestern city of Ioannina on Monday postponed the trial of the father of a college student who committed suicide after being subjected to violent and vicious bullying from a group of peers, accused of attacking the former director of the school where the tragedy transpired in 2015.

Parents of bully victim Vangelis Giakoumakis, who committed suicide after being hazed by students of the Dairy School of Ioannina, have decided to start legal action against the education facility’s administration. They were outraged by the school’s decision to “punish” students who were responsible for their son’s torture by simply reprimanding the students responsible.

Maria Giakoumaki, the woman who flung herself onto her son's white coffin, is a tragic figure in the disappearance and consequent news of Vangelis Giakoumakis' suicide. She told Proto Thema of the difficult times she is going through and the pain of finding out about her son's suffering at the Dairy School of Ioannina. In Crete, her hometown, she feels that her son is near her.

Vangelis Giakoumakis, the soft-spoken young man who was pushed by bullies to take his own life about a month ago, had sent a letter to the Greek parliament, along with several of his college mates, complaining about the miserable conditions at the Dairy School of Ioannina he was attending.