The 33-year-old Frenchman who drove away with his vehicle and killed 36-year-old Rania has a rich criminal past, as he had been arrested several times, while the last time he was taken to hospital of Rethymnon and had been examined by the director of the Psychiatric Clinic, but released as he was not considered dangerous. Today, Friday, he will cross the threshold of the investigator to apologize while the victim’s family demands justice.

Yesterday, Thursday, the relatives of unfortunate Rena appeared in court with her brother clearly stating that “we will take it all the way.”

“I want you to respect our pain and not put whatever you want,” he mentioned and went on to say:all those responsible must pay for what they have done. Not to leave everyone out and put the world at risk. We will take it all the way so that no more blood is spilled. Let no one else go through what we are going through”the 36-year-old’s brother pointed out.

The 33-year-old’s criminal profile – Arrested 6 times

According to information from cretapost, for a year the 33-year-old has been in and out of the police stations of Crete due to delinquent behavior. Several lawsuits have been filed against him, mainly related to domestic violence, insults, threats, while in one case he had also attacked a police officer.

OR principle of arrests of in Crete becomes the December 2023a year ago while up to November 2024 he has been arrested a total of 6 times.

The arrests in detail:

  • December 2023: In the Neapolis area, he swore at a police officer during a check and was arrested while the authorities found an ax in his car, which they confiscated.
  • Beginning of April 2024 in Rethymno: His partner, originally from Bulgaria, went to the police station and filed a complaint against the 33-year-old as he cursed her, threatened her and then stole her bag containing her mobile phone, money and various personal documents.
  • Mid-April 2024 in Rethymno: His partner again, sued him for insulting and threatening both her and a Greek.
  • September 2024 in Lasithi: The 33-year-old man fought with a 60-year-old man in Lasithi while he did not hesitate to throw stones at the table he was sitting on, causing damage. He then hit him on the head and when the policeman arrived to arrest him he attacked and beat him.
  • November 22, 2024: His girlfriend reported to the authorities that he called her and started threatening her. Fearing for her life, she reported him.
  • November 29, 2024: It is the last arrest of the 33-year-old, a few days before Rania’s murder. His partner reported to the authorities that he is stalking her and has become obsessed with her. The police arrest him and then the prosecutor refers him for a psychiatric opinion.

The testimony of the 33-year-old’s ex-partner is chilling

Shocking is also the testimony of the ex-partner of the 33-year-old murderer, who, as she stated on Alpha TV, feared for her life, which is why she disappeared from him.

“At the beginning of our relationship everything was perfect. After five months, however, he changed, he became very jealous, he forbade me to go to work, he controlled what I wore and he wouldn’t let me dye my hair.” he said about it and continued: “in every fight we had, he cursed and threatened me, while at one point, when I told him that I wanted to break up, he he attacked and went to kill me by grabbing me by the neck».

The couple separated last April with the frightened woman leaving Rethymno and going to Agios Nikolaos to disappear from him.

In fact, she had also received it panic button because it had been bothering her constantly since April until a few days ago. “He was looking for me, texting me and looking for me.”

What the psychiatrist who examined the 33-year-old says – The nonsense he was saying

“I have been a qualified psychiatrist for 24 years and 16 years in Rethymno, since the beginning of the psychiatric clinic. My eyes have seen so much. If there was even one piece of information about the past history, the person would stay in the clinic for follow-up. It is clear. We may be a small clinic, but when it is judged that someone needs hospitalization, they are hospitalized,” the director of the Psychiatric Clinic of the Rethymnon Hospital, Mr. Antonis Christonakiswho was the psychiatrist who examined the 33-year-old.

The experienced psychiatrist, as reported by his colleagues, points out that Jerome remained in the hospital for the duration of his clinical examination as there was no information about his history, no information from the policemen who accompanied him. “I asked the two policemen who were accompanying him. One mentioned that he had heard from someone, from a completely unofficial source, that the 33-year-old had been involved in a fight a while ago, which he confirmed to me, saying that he had fought with someone at a gym a while ago because he had been abusive towards of”.

The Director of Psychiatry describes: “He was calm, cooperative, well-spoken, intelligent. There was nothing to suggest violent behavior. But I emphasize, again, that if I had one piece of information at my disposal, I would keep him under observation. For what reason? For the reason that I should clarify where the violent behavior is due. Is it due to a mental illness? By getting treatment, his behavior can be modified or is it due to a problematic, antisocial personality so there is no treatment for it, so he is accountable to the law.”

He even expressed his question how he had not been brought in for treatment for the so many past incidents of violence and they brought him that night because he went to the Department and he was saying that his real father is the Saddler.

“The cops are talking nonsense. The man didn’t talk nonsense. The policemen refer to his delirium as nonsense. This man said I have a father in France who is fake and wants to harm me and I came to Greece to find the real Samaras. An incoherent speech is one that has no coherence, that does not make any sense. There are too many delusional patients living in the community. We do not keep a delusional patient without accompanying findings. In the absence of the history and with the clinical examination not justifying hospitalization, there were no reasons to detain him.”

The doctor notes, however, that he cannot know what happened in the six days between the night of his clinical examination and the crime.

“Many times these people have an impulsiveness in their behavior which means what: I’m fine now, I don’t have a tendency to self-destruct or break something, I go somewhere, something “flashes” to me, something triggers me, and I go and break them. When there is impulsive behavior, we unfortunately cannot predict it.”

Mr. Christonakis emphasizes that many times they too look in the dark to find a clue and try to detect the background of each case, with their unique tools the clinical examination and information.

The tragic case of the murder of the 36-year-old Rania brings to the fore once again the gaps in the management system of such patients and the lack of proper communication and cooperation between the competent Authorities and agencies between thes. “We have repeatedly requested that they give us depositions, some background information of the person they bring. Very often the police officers who accompany it, do not know the history. We are trying to contact the duty officer to find out.”

In addition to saying that he was the son of the former prime minister, Antonis Samaras, he has also said other nonsense. Specifically. as he was surrounded by police officers and television cameras, he flashed a broad smile and, addressing the officers, asked: “Don’t I look like the Joker?” while his ex-partner had said, according to the local media, that he was telling her how “he is the son of God.”

Emergency EDE of the DYPE for his examination by psychiatrists

It is noted that the administration of the Health Region of Crete gave an order for the conducting an urgent sworn administrative examination.

Specifically, the administration of the 7th Ministry of Health requests to investigate what it has happened both at the procedural level as well as in level of scientific diligencegiven that, a few days before the tragic incident involving a woman he did not know as a victim, the 33-year-old had been taken to the Rethymno hospital and had been examined by the director of the institution’s Psychiatric Clinic, Antonis Christonakis.