Larissa: 25-year-old on trial for two rapes – was free on bail when he committed them
The 25-year-old, already detained at Grevena Prison for a third rape, goes on trial tomorrow at Larissa's Mixed Jury Court for two additional cases from 2025.
Three rape cases against 25-year-old – two trials in Larissa on the same day
A 25-year-old already detained at Grevena Prison will face two consecutive trials tomorrow, Wednesday, before Larissa's Mixed Jury Court (MÓD). According to Dikastiko.gr, the defendant has already been found guilty of rape by Trikala's MÓD in August 2025, sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment — an offence constituting the third rape case he faces.
The two new cases, for which he will stand trial tomorrow, are alleged to have been committed in January and April 2025 — that is, during a period when the 25-year-old was free on bail, pending trial in Trikala for the third case. This fact is reported in the newspaper "Eleftheria" and in the reporting of journalist V. Kakara.
The first rape: in an apartment building lift, victim 27-year-old
According to the referral order of Karditsa's District Court Council, the first rape is alleged to have taken place at 23:30 on 29 January 2025. The defendant waited for the 27-year-old victim at the entrance of her apartment building as she was returning from work. The two had a romantic relationship from 2023 until Easter 2024.
"He entered with her inside the lift, despite her refusal to do so," the order states, "and after pressing the button and disabling the lift's operation, he used physical violence." The 25-year-old denies the charge, claiming that the sexual contact took place with the victim's consent and that her complaint is false, made "for reasons of revenge," because "the defendant refused to continue their romantic relationship."
The second rape: in a car near Karditsa Hospital, victim 17-year-old
The second case concerns a minor, 17-year-old, with whom the defendant also maintained a romantic relationship. According to Karditsa's District Court Council order, this relationship was kept secret from the minor's parents, who objected due to known criminal prosecutions against the defendant for serious offences against sexual freedom.
The act is alleged to have been committed at 18:30 on 24 April 2025 in a rural area near Karditsa General Hospital, inside the defendant's private car. According to the order, the 25-year-old "using physical violence against her, striking her face with his hand with a hard slap when she told him she did not love him, with his superior physical strength, overcoming her resistance, used physical violence, grasping her forcefully by the throat with both his hands, which he squeezed with force."
In his investigative statement regarding the second case, the defendant stated that "he did not rape and did not unlawfully detain the minor," but admitted that he used physical violence against her. He also claimed that "the sexual intercourse between them was consensual."
Already convicted for a third case
In both cases to be tried tomorrow, the victims had previously had a romantic relationship with the defendant. The case for which he was convicted by Trikala's MÓD — and on the basis of which he is detained at Grevena Prison — concerns a third rape, separate from the two cases that Larissa's MÓD will decide tomorrow.
Source: Dikastiko.gr / onlarissa.gr (reporting by V. Kakara, newspaper "Eleftheria")
Source: Dikastiko.gr