After the murder, the 45-year-old disappeared the crowbar and returned to his home, where he tried to wash his blood-stained clothes with bleach, while he finally confessed his act several hours after his arrest.
A 45-year-old man from Trikali was sentenced to two life terms by the Mixed Jury Court of Appeal of Larissa, who was found guilty of the crimes of murder with intent in a calm state of mind and robbery “carried out with particular cruelty”, with the victim being his 82-year-old uncle.
The tragic incident happened at 1 in the morning on June 8, 2018 when the perpetrator, “submerged” for years in addictive substances, entered the house of his 82-year-old uncle and first cousin of his father, in the village of Zilevti Trikala, with the intention of stealing, as he confessed yesterday apologizing, saying that “I wanted the money to buy heroin”. A robbery that turned into a violent murder.
The 45-year-old man had found 160 euros in the victim’s jacket, which he recovered, but at the time of the theft, the 82-year-old man, who was also suffering from hearing problems, happened to wake up in order, as estimated, to go to the toilet.
The 45-year-old attacked him with an iron bar and mortally wounded him by hitting him several times on the head. “Why so much; You mercilessly beat a big man. They weren’t light blows, you mashed his head…”, remarked the president of the Mixed Jury Court of Appeal, with the 45-year-old noting in his apology that “from so many pills I had taken, I didn’t know what I was doing…”.
The 45-year-old, after killing his uncle, disappeared the iron crowbar and returned to his home, where he tried to wash his blood-stained clothes with bleach, while he finally confessed to his act several hours after his arrest.
IN A CALM STATE OF MIND
As noted in the indictment, the 45-year-old, “after he broke with the use of a burglary tool, namely with the use of a metal crowbar (bit)” “the grilles of the shutter of the bedroom of his uncle’s house”, “age 82, entered the interior of the victim’s house and headed towards the hall of the house. Where on the hanger (monk) was hanging his uncle’s jacket, from which he removed the sum of 160 euros”. But, “he was noticed by his uncle, who tried to prevent him from leaving his house with the stolen sum of money, so he attacked him and being in a calm state of mind, both during the decision to kill his uncle and when the execution of his act, he hit him with intent.”
“Exhibiting”, it is noted in another part of the indictment, “special cruelty against” his uncle, as he “attacked him and struck him with the burglary tool (dog) repeatedly and with severity in the most vulnerable and vital place, that is, his head , even when he was already lying (immobilized) face down on the floor of his house, as a result of which he caused the fatal severe brain injury, in order to keep the stolen amount of money”.
In the context of the trial, several witnesses testified, including the victim’s daughter, the woman who took care of him, the perpetrator’s father, fellow villagers and a police officer.
“The reason I went to my uncle’s house was purely for the robbery”, the 45-year-old emphasized in his apology, clarifying that “I wanted the money to buy heroin”, stating that “I was sleepless for two days, being under the influence of narcotic pills ».
Describing how he entered the house and how in the dark he took the money from the jacket, he emphasized that “as I went to leave, I realized someone behind me and received one or two blows, perhaps from his machete. I turned and hit him with the “bitch”, then left and went home. When I saw the blood on my clothes, I started to wash them…”, he concluded, attributing his act to the use of drug pills, “I didn’t understand”, as he pointed out.
“There is no dark spot in the case,” the District Attorney emphasized in his admonition, stressing that “the accused in full conscience decided to steal the victim and organized the way”, while with the “killer tool he managed to pulverize the old man’s head,” whom he “continued to beat while he was on the floor,” he continued, describing the attacker’s actions. Furthermore, he emphasized that “the defendant carried out the acts, having planned them” and, rejecting the claims of the defense, suggested his guilt.
In the end, the MOE found him guilty, while by a majority (5-2) he was not recognized with the reduced charge. He was unanimously sentenced to life in prison for manslaughter in a calm state of mind. By a majority (4-3) he was sentenced to life in prison for the second count of aggravated robbery (the three dissenters opposed a 15-year sentence).
Finally, for the penalties of illegal carrying and use of weapons, he was sentenced to 3 years in prison, which the Court converted into a monetary penalty.
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