Overturn: man stayed 3.5 years in prison for a crime he did not commit

For three years and six months he stayed in a 40 -year prison man who was accused of attempted homicide From intent to a calm mental state.

The 40 -year -old was accused of stabbing his victim with a 10cm knife, and in particular that he had hit him in the back of his head as well as scratches on the front.

Despite persistent denials of the charges, the Court of First Instance found him guilty and sentenced him to 6 years in prison and 12 months for gun and arson.

Innocent in the Court of Appeal

The absolute overthrow came to the second instance, after the Piraeus Mixed Circuit Court of Appeal acquitted the first -instance convicted of the 45 -year -old man, who, it was unjustly, served more than half of his sentence.

The lawyers of 45 -year -old acquitted Apostolos Lytras and George Kriemadis speak in:

« When we took over the defendant’s defense, it was already a 3.5 -year prisoner and doomed first -instance for the offense of attempted homicide in a calm mental state.

The Court of Appeal was unanimously innocent, as our claim was accepted that he was in legal defense at the time he stabbed the alleged victim.

Our client managed to disarm the alleged victim who attacked himself and his family and hit him with the knife in order to protect himself. After his long -standing detention he feels absolutely justified. « 

Source: In