“I want to stand in front of her, to look me in the eyes like the moment she threw it at me vitriol and explain to me what I did to her “. With this phrase, the 35-year-old, today, Ioanna Paliospyrou, her victim attack with vitriol in Kallithea, explained her need to be present at the Mixed Jury Court where the trial for the much-praised case begins.
A few minutes before the scheduled start of the trial, Ioanna Paliospyrou, the victim of the vitriol attack, arrived in court. She wore a special white mask on her face, a white hat and special bandages on her hands. She walked from the car to the court, with great difficulty, very slowly and with the help of her lawyers.
The image of the young woman who fell victim to the 37-year-old who threw vitriol on her face and body was shocking. She was supported by her lawyers. He could not walk easily. But despite the “advice” not to be in court, she, with greatness of soul, decided to face, in addition to her fears, the woman who changed her life forever.
It has been 16 months since the vitriol attack that Ioanna Paliospyrou received on the morning of the 20thης May 2020, on the ground floor of the building where the company in which he worked was housed. Today (15.09.2021) she is ready to face the woman who changed her life forever, the 36-year-old fellow citizen of the EC, who, however, may not appear in court.
The trial for the vitriol attack that shocked the nation begins with the aim of being completed soon as the accused has already completed 15 months of temporary detention, with the 18-month limit not allowing delays for the verdict of the judges.
The trial of the case that shocked the public is of great interest as the victim has suffered serious injuries and having overcome the risk of life, is called after nine surgeries to live in special conditions and with a series of surgeries to follow.
In recent statements, she referred to the functional and other problems she faces: “I have a very large inelastic implant that does not allow me to keep my head upright, high or turn right. And of course then will follow as many cosmetic surgeries as needed. “I can leave the house under certain conditions, but the mask greatly restricts my movements. I must constantly avoid the sun and of course my image constantly catches the eye of the people,” she said, adding, however, that no matter how difficult it is for her, she will be in court.
However, lawyers are also interested in the case as the judges are called to decide whether the judgment of their colleagues, Investigator, Prosecutor and members of the Council who referred the 36-year-old to a calm murder attempt, is correct or whether they will adopt the position of the perpetrator. that regardless of the victim’s injuries, her act was not aimed at the extermination of Ioanna and therefore a more lenient criminal characterization should be given to the attack.
The accused was arrested in June 2020 and apologized and remained silent, refusing to give the Inquiry any answer to what is attributed to her by piles of overwhelming evidence. The 36-year-old’s silence was observed for 11 months.
She herself wanted to give some explanations to the Investigator in April 2021, when in an additional apology she confessed that she attacked Ioanna with vitriol, emphasizing that her intention was not to kill her. Apologizing, the 36-year-old attributed her heinous act to an obsession she had with the victim whom she believed was involved in a serious personal problem, which she did not identify to the Investigator.
The 36-year-old’s confession does not seem to have changed the opinion of the judges who judged the case. The Council of Criminal Procedure last May referred the perpetrator to an attempted murder, fully accepting the suggestion of the Prosecutor who gave his legal answer to the position of the accused that he should be tried for bodily harm: “he wanted to kill her” the prosecutor said. with the predominant amount of liquid that the accused threw at Ioanna.
The court is expected to examine, after the victim herself, 30 to 40 witnesses, including the doctors who have been offering their services to Ioanna for a number of months.
A strong police force has been mobilized for the trial, while inside and outside the courtroom, all sanitary measures will be strictly observed.
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