The moments of terror she experienced at the hands of a colleague in the summer of 2022 in Skiathos, a 25-year-old woman described today, Tuesday, at the Mixed Jury Court (MOD) of Larissa.

The girl reported to the Skiathos Police Department on July 23, 2022 that her 47-year-old colleague of Bangladeshi origin and father of three children attacked her and attempted to rape her.

As the girl testified today, at about 2.30 after midnight, when she got home from work, she went to the room provided to the workers by the manager of the business. On the same floor and in a landscaped space on the balcony that was common to all the rooms, her accused colleague also lived, who had finished work earlier and was lying on his bed.

The 25-year-old went to collect her clothes from her balcony when she suddenly felt the hands of the accused on her chest. The girl, as she testified, “froze” at that moment as she was afraid that the defendant might have a weapon on him. Then, with physical violence, he dragged her to his place, but the girl managed to push him away, and ran to the store where she worked to ask for help. “This all happened in about a minute,” said the 25-year-old.

The manager of the store to which the 25-year-old ran to ask for help then testified. As the witness testified, he went to find the defendant who told him that he just pushed the girl when she went to get his cigarettes. Also to a question from the court, the businessman replied that the defendant had not shown similar behavior in the past.

In his plea, the defendant denied the accusations, testifying, with the help of an interpreter, that that night after school after work, he drank two beers and then went up to his room to sleep. At some point the girl appears and throws his clothes that he had left on a chair at him, saying they are dirty. The defendant emphasized that he simply pushed her. The next day he went to work as usual when sometime around noon the police came to arrest him. It should be noted that in his statement to the police, the 48-year-old he admitted his act, but added that he had no intention of raping his colleague. However, when asked about it by the president of the court, the accused replied that these were “written by the policemen”

After the conclusion of the defendant’s plea, the district attorney suggested his guilt for the act of attempted rape and then the court, after a conference, also decided by a majority (6-1) his guilt. A juror abstained who wanted the defendant guilty of the offense of sexual indecency, the offense that defense counsel had earlier suggested in court.

On sentencing, the court rejected mitigating factors and imposed by a majority (5-2) two years imprisonment (two delegates wanted four years) suspended.