Ex-Parliamentary Guard Gets Four Life Terms for Raping Own Children in Landmark Athens Verdict

A erstwhile Greek parliamentary constabulary serviceman has been sentenced to 4 consecutive beingness presumption positive 80 years by an Athens mixed assemblage tribunal aft being unanimously convicted of the repeated intersexual maltreatment of his 4 underage children and convulsive maltreatment of his erstwhile wife.

By Lia Kontopoulou

The 46-year-old defendant, whose individuality is protected nether Greek instrumentality fixed the crimes progressive minors, was recovered blameworthy of serial rape, kid abuse, incest, possession of kid pornography and terrible home violence.

The tribunal besides imposed a good of 13,500 euros. Under Greek law, the maximum clip really served is capped astatine 25 years careless of the condemnation handed down.

The suspect showed nary disposable emotion arsenic the verdict was read.

He concisely near the courtroom successful handcuffs earlier the presiding justice ordered him returned to formally admit the decision of proceedings.

In a abstracted ruling, the children's 35-year-old parent was acquitted by a 5-2 majority.

She had faced related charges but the tribunal recovered she lacked the ineligible capableness to afloat comprehend the illegality of the acts owed to terrible intelligence duress.

Visibly distressed, she publically apologized and thanked the tribunal aft the verdict, arsenic relatives wept successful the nationalist gallery.

The proceedings began January 7 and was conducted wholly down closed doors to support the identities of the 4 kid victims.

The lawsuit drew wide attraction successful Greece and reignited statement astir kid extortion failures wrong institutions, fixed the defendant's presumption arsenic a serving serviceman successful the unit liable for guarding the country's parliament.