He was sentenced at first instance to 12 years in prison, but after 16 months of temporary detention, he was suspended from serving his sentence until the trial in the Court of Appeals yesterday.
The judges of the Mixed Jury Court of Appeal of Patras could not believe their ears, with what they heard in a case of seduction of a minor that was being tried yesterday at the Court House.
The accused was a middle-aged businessman from Zakynthos, who was hosting a family of Bulgarian gypsies in his house for rent and ended up making money with them, baptizing their daughter.
After years and after they “broke” them, the businessman was reported by the daughter and her father to the police, that he was abusing his then 13-year-old baptism in exchange for gifts.
In fact, a number of half-naked photos of the minor were found on his mobile phone, which the accused attributed to their intimacy created by their spiritual relationship.
“What kind of relationship between spiritual father and baptism is she sir? And why didn’t you delete the photos? ” the president of the court asked him in a stern tone. The accused justified himself by saying that out of naivety he kept them on his phone, but it was not believed.
He was sentenced at first instance to 12 years in prison, but after 16 months of temporary detention, he was suspended from serving his sentence until the trial in the Court of Appeals yesterday. He was found guilty again, as at first instance, following a proposal by the District Attorney, for the crime of indecency against a minor under the age of 14, but he was sentenced to just 5 years in prison, redeemable for 3 euros a day and returned home.
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