Adamantios Mantis’s mother erupts: “My son’s killer is free”

By Miltos Sakellaris

It was the night of November 3, 2019. 30 months ago. A wonderful smile “extinguished” forever. Adamantios Mantis he never returned home. A driver on the beach hit him with his car, throwing him far enough. The result of his death: severe craniocerebral injuries. Everyone was drowning in mourning. His father, sister and mother, Katerina Gialla. His friends and teammates. The new “children” of the Mantis family. Adamantios, for those who knew him, was a rather humble person. A pole vaulter who took each team on his back and carried it, until the end, winning one after another all the battles he fought in the pool.

His death, for sure, is unbearable. The human mind does not fit. The man who hit him is still at large. A few days ago, his mother sent a lengthy text to various news websites, about the news of the abuse of a cat from Edipsos, which caused the intervention of the Minister of Civil Protection, Takis Theodorikakou. She did not ask for her child to be returned, but the obvious: changing the law and turning homicide from negligence to premeditated homicide when someone hits anyone with a car on the street. “My child killer is free!” Was a voice that was not heard. No matter how loud her scream becomes, no one hears it. No matter how hard he tries in recent years, the law has not changed. From the day she lost her son, she dedicated her life to this cause. He gave a battle that Adamantios is sure he would like to win.

Her letter and wish…

She wrote in her letter: “The Minister of Citizen Protection himself dealt with the fool who kicked the cat and was arrested for a felony, 10 years in prison and a fine of € 50,000. Everyone except zero congratulated the Minister who ordered the arrest of the criminal who kicked the kitten, everyone felt ashamed and angry about the kick to the kitten, the minister congratulated the police for her intervention and I was the happy mother who was buried. 21 years old 1.90 meters I was pulling my hair and I was filled with rage and anger because all those who take the wheel and whoever Haros takes, violating all the laws knowingly and conscientiously and do not kick but kill innocent people, I did not see the intervention of any Minister, I did not see anyone indignant feeling ashamed and angry I did not see the state enacting strict laws as it enacted for animal abuse. “Okay, right and legitimate to protect animals, to have laws to administer justice but we have reached the other extreme, we have completely devalued human life and I do not speak for sure because I have also adopted a stray from the Animal Welfare of Paleo Faliro”. In a few lines in her text she said it all.

Last Thursday afternoon I met her at her house in Nea Smyrni. He gave me a large volume of papers. The forensic examination of her dead son. Documents and data on traffic. Documents that the court will carefully consider to decide the penalty for the driver who hit the young athlete. He showed me photos of Adamantios’ successes in polo. “For my son, for my child no one intervened!”, were her words, as she showed me the documents from the car accident. There is also a video. She could not bear to see it. Her sister saw it together with the Traffic Commander who was in charge of the investigations to locate the perpetrator. It shows, as she says, the way in which the driver seduced and killed her child.

The complaint he made was clear and I convey it as it is: “The driver who hit Adamantios ran at least 105 kilometers. This man is free until he goes to court. He fell on Smart, the smart hit Adamantios, went 50 meters ahead, changed direction, fortunately the other child was wearing a belt otherwise we would have mourned two people. What I have asked from the beginning in my letter to the Prime Minister and the President of the Republic is to change the law and the punishment. That is, they should not be considered homicides by negligence and the murderer should be free, but they should be homicides by possible deceit. Go too fast. At least 105. He was looking back next to or somewhere else. The video shows that he fell uncontrollably on the children. ” Katerina Tzialla has written a letter to the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to the President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, to the Minister of Justice, Costas Tsiaras and to the Minister of Sports, Lefteris Avgenakis. No response yet…

Next to the memory of her child in Paleo Faliro, there are many young children. Close by their families, who have been silently mourning for years. Most were killed by drivers, just like Adamantios. His mother shouts for the obvious. This voice must – at last – be heard!

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