Reporting by Makis Synodinos

For the third day, Manos Daskalakis is in front of the Mixed Jury Court, with Roula Pispirigou’s lawyer facing him.

The father of three daughters answers the stormy questions he receives from his estranged wife’s lawyer about their relationship around the time the two girls died.

The following dialogue is indicative:

Advocate: You had testified that you pretended to love the accused. Did you sleep together?

Teachers: Yes

Advocate: How did the accused perceive this? That you were pretending? Are you fooling her?
Teachers: He hadn’t noticed anything

Advocate: There were messages of deep love even just hours before Georgina went missing. Why kill the child?

Daskalakis: I had discussed with her on January 15 that we should have a good relationship for the good of the child and nothing more

Then the defendant’s lawyer asked questions about the will to refer.

Manos Daskalakis reported that in 2018 he had an extramarital affair which he had revealed to Rula Pispirigou which he claimed he had accepted.

“It was something carnal. It does not mean that we had problems with the accused”, said Daskalakis with the defense attorney answering
“Why is he saying this for the first time? You didn’t say that either to the preliminary investigation or to the investigator. It is a point at which we are obliged to you sue».

The reading of messages continued while the advocate Alexis Kougias also referred to the slap that Manos had given to Roula.

According to the defendant’s lawyer, Manos asked the defendant not to say that he slapped her, but that she fell and hit a small table.

However, Manos Daskalakis denied how he hit her
“My relatives asked me why I hit her. That’s what he always did, he lied. I asked her. Didn’t you tell someone you got slapped and lost your berry?
– No, he answered me”, he said characteristically.

A little while ago, the trial was interrupted for about 15 minutes