At the age of 73, the Greek “butterfly”, an emblematic form of illegality in the 1970s and 1980s, passed away today.
At the age 73 years old the notorious thug passed away today Vangelis Rochamisthe Greek “butterfly“, who he had made more than ten escapes from the prisons of Korydallos, Chalkida, Corfu and Halicarnassus.
Since his release, in 2000, the notorious bandit lived in Lefkadi, Evia. Recently, he was hospitalized in the pathology clinic of the Chalkida hospital with serious health problemswhere it finally ended up.
THE Vangelis Rochamis was her iconic form illegality in the 1970s and 1980s and especially popular to the people, as he had never been convicted of a crime against human life.
He was sentenced for robberies, thefts, damage to foreign property, carrying weapons, using weapons while he had escaped more than 10 times from the prisons of Korydallos, Chalkida, Corfu and Halicarnassus with the help of friends.
Yes, in his concealment, he was assisted by women.
Life and action
Rochamis was born in 1951 in Evia.
A member of a large family, at the age of 16 he started working for the purpose of its maintenance.
During his military service in Syros (1971) and because he was not granted permission to visit his newborn daughter, he escaped from the camp. He was also accused of stealing a moped and clashed with his superiors in the army whereupon he received a temporary reprieve.
For the theft, he was sentenced to three and a half months in Korydallos prisons.
Tthe year 1976 he was imprisoned for the theft he carried out at the post office of his village.
Towards the end of the 70s he got an informal divorce from his wife and went to Cyprus for a few months. In 1980 he was arrested for attempting to sell stolen televisions and imprisoned in Korydallos.
In December 1981 starred in the first stand of prisoners in prisons developing a political, assertive role. For his action in the stop he was tried in 1986 and sentenced to 27 months in prison.
He was convicted of robbery, theft, damage to foreign property, carrying weapons, using weapons.
He has made more than ten escapes from the prisons of Korydallos, Chalkida, Corfu and Halicarnassus. Friends helped him in his escapes, while women helped him hide.
The incident in the mid-80s was typicalso the police were looking for him with a coordinated large-scale operation, and Rochamis was having fun in a nightclub, whose patrons did not turn him in.
Rochamis was voluntarily released from prison in April 2000 and since then lived in Lefkandi, Evia.
Source: Skai
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