The accused anesthesiologist was acquitted in the court of first instance, but the prosecutor appealed against the acquittal decision and thus remains criminally “alive”
For today, the discussion regarding the appeal filed by the deputy prosecutor of the Supreme Court in the case of 4-year-old Melina Paraskaki has been determined before the 7th Criminal Department of the Supreme Court.
The case remains criminally “alive” after the intervention of the Prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Isidoros Dogiakos, who initiated the procedures for a possible reversal of the decision by which last November it appeared that the case was definitively closed at the criminal level.
Specifically, on November 25 the case concerning the circumstances of the death of 4-year-old Melina, after an operation for “meatballs” at the Venizelio Hospital, in December 2015, was to be tried in the second instance before the Three-member Court of Misdemeanors.
The accused anesthetist he had been acquitted in the trial court, but the prosecutor appealed the acquittal and so the case would be tried again.
However, before the trial of the case began in second degreethe Three-member Court of Misdemeanors of Eastern Crete accepted the objection of the defense attorneys of the anesthesiologist, Alexandra Spanakis and Giorgos Steiakakis, with which they requested that the appeal filed by the prosecutor against the doctor’s initial acquittal be dismissed.
The defense requested that the procedure not proceed, considering that the prosecutor’s appeal did not meet the conditions expressly defined by the law for a thorough and fully reasoned appeal. The district attorney rejected the defense’s objection, but the court accepted it and thus the case was closed before it started. The development came as a shock to the family who left the courts bitter, claiming that pretexts were not even kept.
At noon of the same day, there was an intervention by his Prosecutor Supreme Courtwho requested that the court transcripts be sent so that the prosecutor who would be “in charge” of the case would have an overall picture on the basis of which he would proceed or not to file an appeal.
Finally, the deputy prosecutor of the Supreme Court, Mr. Christopoulos, filed an appeal and now the interest is focused on the decision that will be made by the judges of the Supreme Court. If they accept it, the case will be heard again in the Court of Appeal.
The trial of the case was set for today, February 15, when both sides’ attorneys will discuss the legal side of the prosecutor’s appeal.
Source: Skai
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