Lytras: Because I withdrew from the defense of Roula Pispirigou

The reasons why he withdrew from his case death of the three children of Patrasquoted the lawyer in a lengthy Facebook post Apostle of Redeemer.

According to him, in fact he did not resign from the case because he had never taken it over defense of Roula Pispirigou as she was not yet accused.

He then points out that he decided not to defend the 33-year-old who was arrested for murder of a 9-year-old her daughterfor practical and ethical reasons

The lawyer’s post in detail:

“Some thoughts on what is being said, written, implied, regarding the Case concerning the death of the three children and my alleged ‘resignation’ from a defense that I was never instructed to undertake as – legally speaking – the status of the accused or the suspect disappeared. .
Because first of all, in order to talk about defense, it is required to have an accused, even a suspect, as he is determined by law and not by the suspicions of society.
So I undertook to provide my legal services to both parents, who, as every citizen, had the right to go to a lawyer to investigate a case that directly concerned them. They therefore had the right to turn to a lawyer, to doctors, to medical examiners, in order to obtain the answers they were seeking according to their statement together. their personal data. They had the right to entrust to the lawyer the views, the judgments, the information that they may have about their case for which the Lawyer has the obligation of confidentiality.

I would like to remind you that up to that stage, the ex-officio preliminary investigation, as well as the forensic reports and even the treating doctors, had ruled out the possibility of criminal action. I repeat, the appointed medical examiners who performed the necropsy-necropsy with their reports to the competent authorities ended up with causes of death: liver failure and sinus node agenesis.
These were the data at the time I took over the case which I dealt with like two other colleagues at the same time.
As for my resignation from the so-called defense now: I never had a defense order as mentioned above, given that there was no subject of defense in the absence of an accused.
Could I take over from the moment there is now an accused?
Theoretically: yes. Every day I see some of my colleagues taking a public stand on a case they do not know about and do not have a case file. For a case that in the previous stage, there were other lawyers who handled it, who were very sparing in their public appearances, despite the fact that we constantly received (and did not seek) invitations from all media for a case we handled (not to comment cases of others). I hear about colleagues who are shooting, “begging” to undertake the “crime of the century” either by supporting statements in the media, or by approaching relatives, etc.
Theoretically again: no.
Every Lawyer has the inalienable right not only to be selected by the respective principal, but also to choose, based on his personal beliefs about the case (not specifically the case in question .. each case).
Practically and ethically I could undertake? No. Regardless of my personal perceptions and beliefs, which do not concern anyone, I am ethically not allowed to take up the defense while at an earlier stage I had represented the potential (and possibly) person present in support of the accusation. Having represented both parents and knowing facts from both sides, it would never have been possible for me to take on either the defense counsel or represent the defendant in support of the case if such a statement were made. This is the practical and ethical part, the ethic concerns as I said exclusively me. And it’s at least funny to hear about the pursuit of temporary publicity .. So you are not a “Defender” when you undertake indiscriminately, or when you undertake when you are not allowed. “The defender appears and is judged in the courtrooms … where those of us who are there know each other very well … it would be good for the various colleagues, among others, to see Article 10 par. 6 of the Code of Lawyers.”

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