The trial of well -known criminologist Apostolos Lytra begins today at the One -Member Court of Appeal for the beating of his wife, Sofia Polyzogopoulou, in June 2024, which had shocked public opinion.

The controversial incident was recorded on June 16, 2024 in the Vouliagmeni area.

Apostle Lytras is accused of domestic dangerous bodily harm at the expense of the sufferer.

Initially, at the expense of the lawyer, he had been prosecuted for the felony of severely intended bodily harm, but eventually he was prosecuted for the offense of domestic dangerous bodily harm.

Coming to the Court of Appeal, he did not want to make statements.

Sofia Polyzogopoulou – “Today is dignified with barbarism,” her lawyer says

At the Court of Appeal she arrived, accompanied by her lawyer and his ex -wife Apostolos Lytra and the victim of the attack, Sofia Polyzogopoulos.

“Thank you very much for the interest. Whatever it is to say I will say it to court. I will only answer everything in court, “Ms Polyzogopoulou said when asked about the procedure.

Statements made statements, saying that “today dignity is confronted with barbarism”

“Today is not just the confrontation between a victim a ruthless abuse and a barbaric beating. It is a confrontation between dignity and barbarism. This woman, the victim of such an act, is not talking for ten months. He endures the attack by the perpetrator with dignity and bravery, because we do not forget that it is an act that has been confessed and is now a perpetrator, not accused. He is attacked, derogated, degraded, slandered, humiliated and endured with stoicism as deserved to a scientist, a mother. Waiting for the court time to come to expose the facts of the case and will ask the court to render justice. You know, silence is no weakness. And you know that the truth is always stronger than barbarism, so it will win in the end, “said Sofia Polyzogopoulou’s lawyer.