On March 31st and with the testimony of his daughter, it is expected that the trial of the 47-year-old Larisaios, who is accused of, among other things, serial rape of his 15-year-old, minor daughter at the time, as well as for an attempted sexual act against his youngest daughter.

The trial began yesterday at Mixed Court of Appeal (MOE) of Larissa in the midst of tensions, with the children and their mother fighting against the father and now ex-husband, while at some point it was decided to temporarily stop the trial as the presence of an EKAB ambulance was required to provide first aid to a woman present in the audience who accompanied the victim’s family.

The family drama was revealed after a complaint from the mother, while according to the indictment it took place both in the village of Trikala and in Larissa, with the 47-year-old repeating yesterday that denies the chargeswhile it is recalled that at first instance he was found guilty by the MOD of Karditsa and sentenced to 18 years in prison.

According to the indictmentthe currently 47-year-old father is accused of forcing his then-minor daughter in Larissa and in a village of Trikala, from 18-10-2014 to March-April 2020 “with more acts that constitute a continuation of the same crime”, ( “younger than 15 years”) “two to three times a week” to proceed “in intercourse with him” and “in sexual acts” detailed in the indictment “exercising physical violence with his superior physical powers, such as placing his body I do to hers and pressing her head with a pillow or covering her mouth with his hand so she can’t react.”

In terms to the second daughter (s.s. 12 years old at the time) the 47-year-old, in July 2020, “having decided to commit the offense of sexual intercourse with a person younger than twelve years old while in bed with his underage daughter attempted” to “satisfy his sexual urges” in a manner described in the indictment.

“We are all trying to overcome everything” emphasized yesterday the 21-year-old son of the family, testifying in court what his sister and his mother told him, stating that “I believe my sister”.

“There are no relationships today” emphasized the son, while when the district attorney asked him to describe his father, he described him as “violent”. “He threatened me and beat me,” the wife said in her testimony, describing her ex-husband. Clarifying that her daughter “did not reveal early” what she complained she was experiencing “because she was afraid of her father’s threats”.

As she herself stated that she was afraid, answering the questions of the president of the Court about her attitude and reactions when she began to suspect her ex-husband and especially about the delay with which the fact was reported to the prosecuting authorities.

At the end of yesterday’s hearing, relatives of the mother testified, while the trial will be repeated on March 31 with the testimony of the daughter, who has now reached adulthood. It should be noted that in the meantime the Court reserved its position on the position of the prosecutor of the seat that the patient should not have been called to the MOE as a witness, a position contradicted by the defense. (file photo)