Guilty and second degree today was judged by the Mixed Circuit Court of Appeal of Western Macedonia, the “assassin with the ax” who in the summer of 2020 invaded the Kozani DO. The 50 -year -old offender was sentenced, as at first instance, to life imprisonment for homicide by intent and in addition 26 years for the offenses of attempted murder of two employees who injured, as well as for the offenses of weapons and weapons.

The 50 -year -old, in July 2020, injured four people, one of whom then lost his life after months of hospitalization in a Thessaloniki Hospital ICU.

In his apology, the defendant appeared incomprehensible and justified his act in response to the events of police violence against citizens in demonstrations and the violence that he cited by police officers when he was arrested with the disaster caused by a machine.

Also, throughout his apology, there was not a single apology to his victims.

The court dismissed the defense that the defendant had a soul in boiling.

The legal representatives of the victims expressed their satisfaction with the court ruling, saying that “justice was given”.

With information from RES-EIA, kozanimedia.gr