A “heavy blow” of two years was delivered by the Athens Single-Member Misdemeanor Court to the 32-year-old Palestinian of Syrian origin for the attacks against three women, a 58-year-old and two minors in Aigaleo. The defendant will serve his sentence. In the courtroom, the defendant accepted responsibility for his actions and claimed he didn’t know why he did it. “I wasn’t well, my mind wasn’t working. I received a blow to my head and I don’t function properly,” the 32-year-old claimed.
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When asked about the incidents, the defendant claimed he couldn’t remember the events and stated he didn’t know why he did what he did.
-Prosecutor: Why did you approach them, what did you want to do?
-Defendant: I didn’t want to cause harm. Suddenly there’s pressure in my head and I can’t justify it.
Aigaleo: What the 58-year-old and the minors’ parents testified about the Palestinian’s attacks
Earlier, the 58-year-old woman who was attacked by the 32-year-old testified in court. “I was walking in Aigaleo with my daughter. Suddenly, while we were talking, I felt pressure behind me, I didn’t know what was happening to me, like something was stopping me from being able to move. He was taking me left and right, I didn’t know what was happening to me, he was behind me. He grabs my arm, hugs me like a headlock. He was stuck on me, everything was completely sudden. He had pressed his body against mine and his face came close to mine, it was terrifying, I felt myself going left and right. He was breathing in my ear and then when he left, it was like nothing had happened,” the witness described.
The other two victims of the attack are minors and their parents testified in court, describing what their children experienced. “My wife called me and told me what he did to the child, so I went straight to security. She told me that the child was walking on the street, he went and grabbed her from behind, put his arms around her chest, grabbed her by the neck, threw her on the sidewalk and spat in her face, in her mouth. The child screamed and from the screaming some girl came out and pulled him away. That’s what I had as a description from my daughter,” emphasized the 14-year-old’s father.
“I see the perpetrator, he’s scared, running fast to follow my child, my child is shouting ‘go away,’ I open the door for the child who was at the house entrance. He opens the door again, lifted his shirt, pulled down his pants and started masturbating in front of her. My daughter was trying to keep distance from the perpetrator,” said the 17-year-old’s mother.
