The president of the Supreme Court, Ioanna Klapas Christodouleas, will request the speeding up of today’s decision of the Tripartite Criminal Court of Athens regarding Mati, in order to avoid the risk of statute of limitations.
At the same time, it will be investigated ex officio if there are grounds for an appeal against the part that concerns the acquittals of those involved in the tragedy of July 23, 2018.
What will the president of the Supreme Court ask for?
In more detail, the president of the Supreme Court will ask the head of the Court of First Instance of Athens, Christoforos Linos, to take every possible action in order to have the decision of the first instance court written down as soon as possible, so that the trial in the second instance can be determined.
Furthermore, Mrs. Klapa will ask the president of the Three-Member Misdemeanor Court of Athens to be released from any other judicial obligation in the next period of time, in order to deal exclusively with the drafting of the rationale for today’s decision and the proceedings of the trial.
The whole speeding up of the proceedings aims to enable the Prosecutor’s Office to determine the appellate trial both for those convicted who appeal, as well as for the appeals that the relatives of the dead and the injured will probably bring, regarding the part of the decision by which they were acquitted persons in this case.
However, the lawyers of the relatives of the victims are expected to submit a request to the Prosecutor’s Office of Appeals to appeal the decision of the Three-member Misdemeanor Appeals Court, both in terms of the part of the sentences imposed on the convicted, as well as in terms of the part of the acquittals in the trial for the fire in the Eye.
It is reminded that next July will be 6 years since the tragedy in Mati and the case must immediately be determined and tried in the Court of Appeal and then in the Supreme Court in the next two years, so that there are no statutes of limitations for crimes.
Source: RES-MPE
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