Lignadi trial: What did the prosecutor say to justify the guilt he asked for the artist

The guilt of Dimitris Lignadis for serial rape against three minor boys at the time of the acts and his acquittal for the fourth case of sexual violence against him was requested by the prosecutor of the MOD, Konstantinos Kountrias.

THE prosecutor stressed that the choice of the fourth complainant not to appear in court, but also the fact that he stated a false address create serious doubts about reliability of his allegations. “And the doubts work in favor of the accused” stressed.

As stated by the prosecutor “The acts complained of by the three minors were proved, it was proved that he had met the victim alive during the denial that the accused denies knowing, it was proved that the trip to Epidaurus was denied by Mr. Lignadis”.

In speech The prosecutor responded to all the questions raised by the defense from the beginning, putting first on his list the issue of the “credibility and personalities” of the plaintiffs.

“Victims of rape have no gender, origin or social status. Reliability does not depend on the age and professional activity of the plaintiff. Anyone, male or female, can be a victim of rape, and the fact that the accused was recognizable does not negate the commission of crimes, even against minors. The specific victims, due to their minority, origin and marital status, were the easy target of the accused, as they ensured the certainty of confidentiality, that they would not reveal what happened. ” said Mr. Kountrias, referring later to the testimony of a defense witness who said that Lignadis “He had radiation and would not need violence for his sex life.”

THE the prosecutor replied in this position saying how “It is not a matter of radiation but a matter of psychology the way each person satisfies his erotic needs.”

The prosecutor also responded to the report of Dimitris Lignadis, in his apology, to one of the victims who did not remember the exact date of the alleged rape. The artist had said that he was impressed that the alleged victim did not remember when it happened “The most important thing that happened to him” and the prosecutor did not leave it unattended today: The prosecutor’s office wonders if the rape was indeed “the most important thing”. It must have been the most important injury. “

Responding to the defense allegations that he wonders why the plaintiffs appealed after so many years, after 2011 and 2015 when the three rapes allegedly took place, the prosecutor said “Because now they felt comfortable saying that.”

According to the prosecutor, the common denominator in the three cases for which he pleaded guilty was “The deceit of the accused to satisfy his sexual urge even with the use of force”with a methodology that was confirmed, as he stressed, “It built relationships of trust and fostered a sense that it would help victims professionally.”

On the other hand, according to the prosecutor, a common denominator, a common feature of the victims was “Their minority and vulnerability”. In fact, he stressed that he did not go to court to testify to any of the families of the three victims “And that, in my judgment, says something.”

Referring to allegations by Dimitris Lignadis Regarding a conspiracy that arose to harm himself and the government, the prosecutor estimated that if they wanted to professionally harm the accused, they would find ways to exercise the administration at the National Theater. “There is no such contradiction with the SEI that will lead to the accusations it faces here” he said and added that “There was no organized plan to turn against the Minister of Culture who never referred to a conspiracy”. The accused, according to the prosecutor, did not give convincing answers to support what he claims.

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