The Mixed Jury Court will announce today its decision on one of the most disgusting cases, with the victim of a minor child, that have occupied the Justice. The case of rape and prostitution of the girl from Colonos who experienced a horror shortly before and shortly after turning 12 years old.

The judges are asked to rule on the guilt or not of 26 defendants. Three of them, the 55-year-old Ilias Michos, the 37-year-old mother of the child and a retired sailor whose name was “Mihalis” on social networking platforms, they had, according to the case file, a leading role in the brutality experienced by the child. The three of them, with a more important role for the 55-year-oldbear criminal responsibility for the unimaginable torture experienced by the child from April to August 2022.

The remaining 23, the vast majority of them were the so-called “clients” of the horror dates where the underage schoolgirl was taken and proceeded to perform sexual acts. Nine of them were people from the neighborhood or the wider area where the minor lived.

In the referral will for the fetid case, the role attributed to the 55-year-old businessman is key as the judicial authorities essentially accuse him of dragging a child into hell. Michos is accused of raping the child in April 2022: “he caused her fear and concern for her life and physical integrity by displaying a gun and knives in his possession, as well as by threatening that if she did not tolerate his indecent acts , he will kill her or her family or spread the word that she desires him romantically,” the judges say about the way the 12-year-old was a rape victim. Michos then forced the minor, who turned 12 in July, to go on gruesome dates, while he allegedly also trafficked pornographic material of the minor.

For the mother, the will admits that she “forced her minor daughter into prostitution” and that she nursed and facilitated the child, so that she could earn money “for the daily living of her family.”

As for “Mihalis”, in the case file it is stated that he forwarded the 12-year-old’s mobile phone to members of a specific chat to “meet” the child, asking them to tell the 12-year-old that “she is from Michalis” in order to ensure the “mediation” ».

A few days ago, the prosecutor’s report on the guilt of the accused caused comments and reactions as it suggested a more favorable treatment for critical charges of Michos -rape, pimping of a minor, human trafficking etc. and they place him in another sentencing framework with sentences of 10-15 years for each act and with a limit, by merger, of 20 years. At the same time, the prosecutor requested a guilty plea as introduced with the aggravating circumstance, for the mother’s charges – aggravated pimping, pornography of a minor – which also, if her suggestion is accepted, have a corresponding penalty framework. As for the penalties, they will be the same for the retired sailor, if he is found guilty, according to the prosecutor’s proposal.

The procedure after the announcement of the decision on guilt or not accused, which is expected at 10 in the morning, is estimated to be long.

Outside the building of the Court of Appeal today, gatherings of support for the 12-year-old girl and her mother have been planned, demanding the conviction of Michos and the acquittal of the 37-year-old woman.