In prison for 12 years a 48-year-old man who was found guilty of the death of a 40-year-old drug addict, who had been found unconscious, severely beaten on the head, in front of the building of the Library of the School of Theology of AUTH, in August 2015.

The woman ended up in the hospital two months later, as a consequence of the craniocerebral injuries, without regaining consciousness at any time during her hospitalization.

The case remained unsolved for several years, but a fingerprint on a beer bottle found at the scene of the crime made the 48-year-old accused.

He was reportedly homeless and, like the victim, used drugs. After his act he fled to his homeland, Albania, and then settled in Italy. Upon request of judicial assistance, eawarded in 2022 in Greeceat which point he apologized to an investigator and was remanded in custody.

Initially, he denied any involvement in the case, but during his temporary detention, his biological material was identified in the laboratory on the fingernails of the patient, as a result of which he changed his defense line.

Apologizing to the Mixed Jury Court of Appeal of Thessaloniki, where the case was examined in the second instance, he admitted that he hit the 40-year-old woman, but not with the intention of killing her. As he reported, while he was sleeping he felt someone groping him, so he reacted, while confessing that he hit the woman in response to the blows he received from her.

The jury unanimously found him guilty for manslaughter with no mitigating circumstances. The same sentence had been imposed on him in the first degree, except that then the verdict of his guilt as regards homicide was determined by the votes of the jury (by a majority of 4-3). The three regular judges were of the view that he should be convicted of grievous bodily harm.

After his final conviction by the Court of Appeal, he returned to prison to serve the remainder of his sentence.