Summary
| Date: | 21 May 2024 |
| Location: | 1st Mixed Court of Appeal of Athens, Room D70A, 1st floor |
| Access: | The hearing is open to the public without restrictions. Photojournalists are not allowed to cover the trial. |
| Defendants in attendance: | Spyridon Dimopoulos, owner of the jewelry store Athanasios Chortarias, owner of a real estate office |
| Process: | Witnesses for the defense |
| Composition of the court: | President: Alexandra Vasilakakos Judges: Dimitrios Oikonomou, Ioanna Chatzaki Jurors: Asimakopoulou, Athanasopoulou, Kotsopoulou, Kourou Prosecutor: Stylianos Kostarellos |
Day 16 – 21 May 2024
The trial resumed at 9:33 with the continuation of the court’s examination of defense witnesses.
The court heard 4 witnesses, friends and relatives of the defendant Chortarias, including his wife. All testified as to his personality, without imparting any knowledge of the facts.
Advocate Glykas for the Chortarias’s defense, requested from the court to wait for one more witness for the defense, the Forensic Professor Ms. Spiliopoulou, who, however, did not appear.
The court adjourned at 12:40 for the next hearing, May 27, 2024.
The full text of our transcript from the courtroom (in Greek) :
