Rola Bispirego, 34-year- charged an ancient Greek woman of killing her three daughters over Three years gone on Experience on Monday in Athens.
She is detained in High security prison After the case sparked widespread outrage in Greece.
Pispirigou is put on trial for “attempted premeditated murder” and “premeditated murder” of The biggest one daughter But he denied all charges.
stand accused of Nineyear old Georgina was poisoned in January 2022 by giving ketamine, which is an anesthetic.
in time of to her deathGeorgina was in hospital where she was for Several stays since first He suffers from convulsions in April 2021 ie left She is quadriplegic.
Pispirigou is captured in March 2022 and has maintained her innocence ever since.
Following her arrest, the authorities began investigating the deaths of Her other two daughters – Malina, who was three years old when she died in 2019 and Iris, six months when she died in 2021.
Forensic examinations revealed that the two girls were dead of suffocation Although the investigation continues, in August Besperigo was charged with Those deaths too.
Pesperigo has arrived in court on The two are handcuffed, surrounded by police in Wearing masks in black And looking for haggard.
The judge refused her lawyer’s request for All three cases will be merged but the trial has been agreed to be adjourned until Wednesday after Pesperigo appears before a judge investigating the cases of The two younger girls.
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Greek media They called Pispirigou, a nurse by training, “Modern-day Medea”, a character in Greek mythology who Her children were killed after them father leaves her for another woman.
The alleged triple infanticide went viral media Attention in Greece, where such crimes are relatively rare.
In April 2022, it was released government Urge calm in the face of calls for Pispirigou was killed.
when it appeared in Court shortly thereafter arrestShe was wearing a bullet-proof vest, and riot police were deployed to control a crowd chanting: “Kill, confess crime. “
One woman told Greek television that she believed Pesperigo should hang and front of to her house in Patras has been colored with The phrase “Death to child killers”.
People cannot forgive fact which allegedly did not kill her one But three children And at different times, said Evi Lampropolo, lecturer in Criminology at Athens Pantheon University.
Media’s foremost focus on feelings of viewers,” Lambroboulou said.
“This is amazing information Then it is exaggerated on social networks, where there is no control whatsoever.”
