The 31-year-old accused of killing six stray animals in succession (five cats and one dog) and the injury of three others, to Bulletwith the agreement of the investigator and the prosecutor, after today’s plea, will remain temporarily detained in a penitentiary until the trial of his case,
Outside the Volos Courthouse, animal lovers had gathered demanding the exemplary punishment of the 31-year-old, who has also been fined 100,000 euros
At the same time, according to ERT, the request of the defense to be preceded by a psychiatric expert opinion and to carry out special psychometric tests, in order to prove the psychiatric condition of the 31-year-old and to incarcerate him in a psychiatric institution and not in a penitentiary.
To this request, the investigator and the prosecutor replied that the defendant’s side can submit a relevant request to the management of the prisons where the 31-year-old will be held, so that, if deemed appropriate, he can be transferred to the Korydallos psychiatric facility.
“He wasn’t taking his pills,” the parents testified
The parents of the 31-year-old also testified to the investigator, who claimed that initially, the strange behavior their son was showing, they attributed it to the use of narcotic substances and did not immediately realize the serious psychiatric problems he was facing. The seriousness of the situation began to become more noticeable, when in 2021 the 31-year-old was arrested and convicted as an exhibitionist.
Since then, receiving medication he has been able to function and live a normal life, however, during the last period, during which the criminal acts of killing and injuring stray animals were also committed, he was not receiving his treatment.
Source: skai.gr
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