With Petros Filippides absent from the process today, the speech of support of the category in the trial for rape attempts continues today.

Arriving at the Athens Court of Appeal, Michalis Dimitrakopoulos’ lawyer argued that “There is no health issue to Mr Filippides. He respects the institutional role of the lawyers who support the category, but for him it is a huge torture to hear all these lies at his expense. That is why it is not present. No one else. His health is fine“

Asked about the prosecutor’s two exemptions, Mr Dimitrakopoulos noted that “It is very positive, because this prosecutor has had an experience for over 25 years in criminal audiences, much greater experience than regular judges, who are also involved in other branches of law, such as real estate, hereditary and other branches. With his experience, he has maintained strong doubts that Petros Filippides has committed these two attempts at rape. And the whole world must know that there is little doubt under the law, the accused should be acquitted. Because, I repeat, it is a principle and value of criminal law, it is preferable to release ten culprits rather than to condemn an ​​innocent. This means legal culture“

Petros Filippides’ lawyer closing said:

“The evidence, of course, was analyzed by the Prosecutor very well in both cases. There are no objective findings that establish the accusations against Mr Filippides. I say it again for once again. They are two narratives, they are two testimonies of the women who denounce, and these deposits are repeated with many contradictions by girlfriends and relatives. There is no objective element.

“A colleague, yesterday, is that the whole Greek society is waiting for the justification of Metoo and the justification of Metoo will be the condemnation of Mr Filippides. Such dilemmas are unacceptable. There is no dilemmas in cafes. There are rules, there are rules in a trial. If these rules and evidence and procedure that must be kept even in the special and thorough reasons, whether it is acquittal or condemnable, if all this is overthrown, in the name of a movement that wants to be condemned by people only by the complaint and not to be criminal, if not a criminal procedure, but not to be a criminal procedure. My love to Andrea Mikroutsiko“