“I was so upset to hear that my child, whom I adore, was not mine”
His own version of the events that unfolded on the fateful night in their ground floor apartment Ampelokipon gave with his apologetic memorandum the 39-year-old who remanded in custody for murdering his wife with a hammer.
The defendant claimed, before the 25th investigator, that he had not pre-planned the crime which took place in the family’s apartment while the two children were sleeping.
According to the 39-year-old, the countdown started when he woke up shortly after one in the morning and found that his wife was not next to him in bed.
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“I looked for her, and I found her in the bathroom talking on the phone on speakerphone, on a video call. I heard her say that she was going to take our older son and leave while on the other side of the phone I heard a male voice (which even resembled the voice of my childhood friend) who responded positively to her words” the accused is said to describe in his memorandum who claimed that he asked the unfortunate woman to talk in their room. At first, according to the accused, his wife denied that she was talking on the phone claiming that she was watching “videos”.
“He then admitted that he was talking to a man, specifically my childhood friend, and told me at the same time that he was going to take the older child and leave, since I had no money, even calling me insulting names like ‘I’m a little man’, ‘little’ and that “I’ve been sleeping with her lie for a lifetime” he appears to have said and continued “Trying in vain to keep my composure I asked her “why she would take the older child with her, since we have two children”. Then he answered me with absolute coldness, looking me straight in the face, that he is not my child.
The defendant reportedly reported that the revelation sent him into an “intense mental over-arousal” which triggered an uncontrollable mechanism within him and clouded his mind.
“I was so upset to hear that my beloved child was not mine, and without any control over my actions, I grabbed a hammer from my construction tool bag I had in the bedroom and hit her on the head . She fell on our bed and completely blinded by the intense emotions I was experiencing at that moment, I grabbed the cable of a charger that was next to me and clamped it around her neck,” he reportedly described, adding that when he realized what had happened he tried to revive her. unfortunate woman.
“When I realized a few seconds later what had happened, I went crazy and tried to bring her back twice. I pressed her chest and tried to make her breathe but I couldn’t do anything. I was in a state of panic. I covered her and put her in the closet,” he reportedly said, noting that the children continued to sleep as they did not hear anything.
The next day, the children, according to the defendant, left for school without being surprised by their mother’s absence, as he used to call them to confirm that they had woken up.
“I never thought of running away”
The 39-year-old claimed that in the days following the crime and while his dead wife was in the attic of their house, he sought self-punishment.
“I couldn’t handle it, I didn’t know what to do. I couldn’t believe what had happened. My mind couldn’t handle it. But I wanted to tell the authorities because I couldn’t take the burden anymore, so I called the police and told them everything with complete honesty. From the fateful moment when these events took place, until my spontaneous appearance at the Authorities, I daily experienced a substantial and conscious introspection which led me to seek my self-punishment. After all, I never thought of running away…” he reportedly said while giving his own explanation for the messages he sent to his son from the woman’s cellphone.
“Even the messages I sent to my son from his mother’s cell phone, they had the sole purpose of reassuring my children and not to hide my wrongful act, after all, while I had the time to delete them I did not, but on the contrary I myself brought them to the attention of the authorities during the preliminary investigation stage. There are no words to describe my feelings. I would give anything to go back in time to change what happened in one moment of uncontrollable rage.” he appears to have mentioned during his apology.
Reportage: Maria Zacharopoulou
