A mother “perfect who was constantly busy with her children”her sister and uncle described to the Joint Jury Roulas Pispirigouwho filed at trial of the 34-year-old woman for the murder and attempted murder of Georgina.

In her testimony, the sister of the accused, Dimitra Pispirigou, argued that the accused “she always took care of her children, she was very involved with them and was always by their side”.

The witness said that at first she did not agree with Roula Pispirigou’s marriage to Manos Daskalakis as they were very young but mhe was swayed by their decision to move on because they loved each other. “Until 2018, they had a good relationship. Then Manos Daskalakis had an extramarital affair. For a short period of time their relations were disturbed but then they were fine again”the witness said.

Chairman: After the death of Iris how were their relations?

Witness: Their relations were good.

Chairman: The night before Iris’ death, did Mr. Daskalakis sleep at home?

Witness: That day Daskalakis took his things and left. After the death of Iris he brought his things back by himself. My sister said to him “what anyone?” and told her “I want to go back”. After a few days they decided they wanted to divorce. They settled for a consensual divorce but disagreed on alimony and would go to court.

In her deposition Dimitra Pispirigou also spoke at length on the dawn of April 8, 2021so according to the accused, Georgina had an episode of convulsions as a result of which the witness and her sister took her to Karamandanio Hospital in the morning. “Around 06:30 my sister woke up and told me the child is not well and is asking for you. I see Georgina sitting on my bed, she says “I’m not well, I have a bomb in my back”. Then he calmed down but after a quarter he threw up again and complained of pain in his back and abdomen. We decided to go to Karamandanio. We went around a quarter past eight. Later, Mr. Daskalakis and the child came, he said to me “kick him out”. I told her “let daddy see you” and she insisted. Daskalakis left the room.”

Chairman: Why didn’t you call an ambulance?

Witness: We would arrive faster.

Chairman: From an ambulance with a siren?

Witness: Maybe they didn’t assess it properly and didn’t sound the siren.

Chairman: Your child said at 6.30 and you arrived at 8.00, why didn’t you go at 7.00?

Witness: By the time the child said it and we got ready, it was 7:00 or so. Then we left and by the time we arrived it was 8 o’clock in the morning.

Referring to the losses of Malena and Iris and the way Georgina experienced them, the witness said: “It seemed to affect her at first but she was a child. She was asking about Malena and her mom told her that she is a little angel in heaven. Sometimes he would look at the sky and greet her. For Iris, she hadn’t had time to realize it. She asked us if she is with Malena and we said yes. She was upset at first. He didn’t play much, he didn’t dance the same. She was monitored by a child psychologist at school.”

The defendant’s uncle, Yiannis Legatos testified that Roula Pispirigou “had grown up with the values ​​of our family. We were a famous family because of football. Roula’s grandfather was one of the most famous football players of Panachaki. She was a girl who wanted to work, to be friendly to everyone.”

Him too the witness described his niece as a mother perfect with her childrenwhile he said that initially he also had a negative position on the marriage of Roula Pispirigou with Daskalakis because they had only been in a relationship for a few months.

“Over time I realized that the couple was quite close and could face life’s difficulties. Then things went wrong somewhere. With the deaths of the children. When you lose a child, things shake. Of course, with the loss of the first child, they were still pretty good for what they had been through.”