The local community of Trikala -and beyond- is watching in shock the brutal crimethat occurred in the city, where an 18-year-old killed his mother by suffocating her with a bath towel. Meanwhile, the forensic findings reveal the brutality of the young man’s act, as the 54-year-old mother was strangled with a towel that the perpetrator -her son- held tightly around her neck for several minutes until she died.
Moreover, according to the forensic examiner’s findings, traces of blood in the eyes and in the 54-year-old’s ears testify to the violence of the pressure applied, showing that the young man used excessive force until he caused his mother’s agonizing death. Additionally, the forensic examination determined the time of death, which is placed just minutes before the 18-year-old’sphone call to police saying he had killed his mother.
Trikala: 18-year-old requested and received deadline to testify on Friday
It should be noted that the 18-year-old from Trikala requested and received a deadline to testify on Friday (24/10), while he allegedly claimed that he had thought about killing his mother in the past. He was charged with premeditated murder. As the young man also allegedly claimed, he considered her responsible for his parents’ divorce 10 years ago, for which he was bullied at school. “My mother had many partners and this bothered me. She didn’t take care of me, ignored me and abused me psychologically and physically,” he reportedly said.
Trikala: Arguments between the 54-year-old and her son were frequent – How the brutal crime happened
According to information, arguments between the 54-year-old and her son were frequent. However, yesterday, without any prior tension between them and while they were watching television together, the 18-year-old got up, went to the bathroom, took a towel, returned to the living room and with complete composure wrapped the towel around his mother’s neck and strangled her. Then, calm and composed, he called the police, confessing his act, and waited for the officers at his mother’s house to arrest him.
The 54-year-old, who according to information had never given cause for comments or problems in the neighborhood, had divorced her husband. Their 18-year-old son lived with his father, while he visited his mother with his sister on some weekends, as area residents report.
Trikala: “They didn’t want to go to their mother and see what they saw”
The young man’s claims were confirmed by people from his family environment. Specifically, his grandfather, speaking with tears in his eyes on Star’s show “Truths with Zina” stated that he was a very quiet child who didn’t want to visit his mother, who neglected them when they were small. “They didn’t want to go to their mother and see what they saw. She neglected them, that’s why the children asked to stay with their father. She didn’t take care of them, didn’t cook for them. She would make them a sandwich and tell them that’s what they’d have to get through the whole day,” said the grandfather.
What his lawyers say
However, the 18-year-old’s lawyers in their written statement to trikalavoice note that their client has not testified or admitted anything, making direct reference to the phrase that the young matricide allegedly told police, that he had been thinking for a long time about killing her.
The lawyers’ statement in detail: “It is the paramount duty of the legal defense of a quasi-minor who finds himself in the midst of a real family tragedy, with two victims, to protect the fragile “particularity” of personal life, until science and the circumstances of the tragedy emerge in their true dimensions. This obligation is naturally held and owed by every responsible information and communication medium. It is particularly emphasized that there is absolutely no testimony or statement by the accused, in any way and anywhere, nor of course about alleged admissions by him, as arbitrarily and completely inaccurately circulated by some news media.
The lawyers, Nikolaos K. Mistras, Nikolaos Ath. Alexiou”.
