The trial before the Mixed Jury Court of Appeals of the two accused for the rape and the brutal murder of the student Eleni Topaloudi in November 2018 in Rhodes continues today.
The trial after two meetings that did not proceed at the hearing, it is estimated that today will begin with the first testimony of witnesses when the court will summon the parents of the student who died a martyr in the hands of the two defendants.
The trial began on February 14 with only the 24-year-old defendant of Greek origin present in court, as his 22-year-old co-accused, of Albanian origin, stated that he did not want to appear in court.
The two defendants have been sentenced in the first instance to life imprisonment and an additional sentence of 15 years in prison. In accordance with indictment They raped the student with the threat of a knife and hit her severely on the head with punches and an electric iron and then threw her on a rocky beach in the Lindos area of ​​Rhodes while she was alive.
During the previous hearing, when the trial was adjourned due to the illness of a juror, Eleni Topaloudi’s mother, Koula Armoutidou, was outraged by the second adjournment. The victim’s parents are forced to travel from Didymoteicho to attend the trial, leaving behind Eleni’s brother.
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