Dimitris Lignadis: In prison until the bail is paid

Her payment of the cash guarantee of 30,000 euros appointed by the Joint Jury for his exit from the prisonexpects the Dimitris Lignadis in order to be released.

The condemned to 12 years in prison for two counts of rape of minors returns after the completion of his long-term trial to prison from which he will be released once he pays the money set by the court that he gave deadline until July 29 for the payment of the guarantee.

In his statements, the actor’s lawyer stated, among other things, that based on the votes of the members of the MOD on guilt, it appears that his principal “in the judgment of regular judges he is innocent”. He also said that “it turns out that Dimitris Lignadis is innocent and that we were right when we said that the case was made up”.

For her part, one of the advocates of the rape victims for which the actor was convicted, Maria Kurtesi, stated that the decisions of the Court must be respected and recommended calm as the appeal of the much-lauded case is pending

The other advocate of the other two complainants, Yiannis Vlachos, stated, among other things, that they are aiming to appeal the acquittal part of the decision, a matter that will be decided by the competent prosecutor.

The trial of the former head of the National Theater ended today, after five months since its beginning, with the court hesitating to transfer to the prosecution the records of the trial as well as the lawsuits of the defense against all the complainants and witnesses submitted by Dimitris Lignadis.

The court in its decision also asked the Prosecutor’s Office to investigate whether the signature of the complainant D.M. has been forged. in a power of attorney produced at trial by his attorney. It should be noted that D.M. he is the man who reported rape in 2018 as an adult, but did not appear at the trial to testify.

Finally, by its decision, the court rejected the request to return to D. Lignadis his mobile phone and his laptop. At the same time, he unanimously removed the time of his pre-trial detention from the sentence imposed on him.

The closing sentence of the president “You have the right to appeal” towards the actor closed the trial of the case.

Since the morning, dozens of citizens were at the court on the side of the plaintiffs, among them MPs from SYRIZA and MERA25.

By the side of the artist stood from early in the morning until the end of the process his brother, Eleni Kourkoula and some other people from his friendly environment.

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