“The “excessive” preoccupation with the personality of the accused is disorientingas instead of the court investigating the acts and omissions of the medical and nursing staff, connected to the evolution of Georgina’s healthinvestigates the personal life of the accused, which is not causally connected with the death of Georgina” he said in his arraignment, which began today Wednesday before him Mixed Jury Courtthe advocate of Roula Pispirigou, Alexis Kougias.

Mr. Kougias, in his deposition on the charges of attempted and homicide against his principal’s first-born daughter, spoke of “prejudice” in the face of Pispirigouwhile succeeded against the entire months-long process which has preceded, saying that “if anything was murdered in this process it is the scientific truth and the right reason”.

In his marriage the 35-year-old’s lawyer, did not leave out of the frame, nor the Prosecutor of the Headquarters, which has requested the guilt of Pispirigou, nor the professor of Forensic Science and Toxicology of the AUTH Nikolaos Raikowho signs the toxicology report in which a large amount of ketamine is found in Georgina’s blood, but neither does Georgina’s father.

According to the advocate, the prosecutor’s starting point is not the search for the objective truth, but “the preliminary admission of guilt due to prejudice . Commenting on the prosecutor’s plea, Mr. Kougias referred to a “tiring appeal to the emotions of the members of the court” with “formulations of holy indignation” and aimed “to cloud your objective judgment and clarity of thought” as he said addressing the seat.

Contrary to the prejudice with which its principal is treated, Mr. Kougias placed it “deification of Manos Daskalakis“ saying that “For some inexplicable reason, everything the accused did was considered “typical, cold, indifferent and procedural”, while the fact that once Manos Daskalakis came and put some oil on Georgina’s forehead in the Rio hospital, was considered supreme and unbeatable proof of parental love. No matter what the accused did for Georgina, she could never overcome Manu’s ‘oil’. This shows how deeply critical thinking and reason have been corrupted by prejudice against the accused…”.

The advocate asked for the toxicological examination report of Mr. Raikou “throw it in the wastebasket” stressing that from the beginning the disputed report was considered “definite” and “an inviolable sacred text”. As Mr. Kougias stated, if the report is removed “then there is no other evidence to indicate criminal activity and that cannot be substituted, nor can it be substituted with gossip..”

According to Mr. Kouya “Raikou’s purpose was to rise scientifically through this caseto become the “king of toxicologists” by being recorded in the world’s toxicological annals as the toxicologist who was able to identify the first ever in-hospital ketamine death of a child as a result of a parent’s act and not a medical error…”.

Alexis Kougias noted that there is no trace of ketamine from the source to its end, while he added how it is a given that the resuscitation kit, which the medical team took after Georgina’s fatal stop, contained ketamine and midazolam. “Also, you have the fact that ketamine and midazolam are substances that complement each other in the context of the protocol for the application of intubation” he emphasized.

He even mentioned that if instead of the two substances we put a deadly weapon in the case “the decision of the court would easily be in favor of the conviction of those who brought the crime weapon into the victim’s room. No court would accept that the person who brought the crime weapon to the scene of the crime did not use it because someone else coincidentally brought the same weapon at the same place and time and he used it shortly before, but it was not found. So why in this particular case should we accept that by diabolical coincidence on the same day and in the same place ketamine – midazolam was brought to Georgina’s room, both the accused and and the resuscitation team, but the ketamine-midazolam was administered by the defendant and not by the resuscitation team?”.

Mr. Kouya’s trial will continue on February 21.