The lawyer of the Albanian who killed his brother-in-law: the 50-year-old is not a criminal

2024-01-15 17:14:00, Kronika CNA

The lawyer of the Albanian who killed his brother-in-law: the 50-year-old is not

Alexis Kougias is one of the two lawyers of Fation Torellar, the Albanian who killed his brother-in-law Erion Pelivani, after learning that he sexually abused his daughter from his first marriage and threatened her with photos and videos in exchange for money.

Before the court hearing, Kougias spoke to the Greek media. He said that Torellari is not a criminal.

He emphasized that people and the jury should know the full circumstances of this event and should not see the 50-year-old as a person who has committed self-judgment.

"Together with my esteemed colleague, one of the leading lawyers, Mr. Michalis Vasilikos, we undertook a difficult task. We must show before the Greek justice the real circumstances that preceded it, the circumstances at the moment of firing the gun, show the true personality of the perpetrator, show that this person is not a criminal who has decided to take the law into his own hands, show that at the moment there is a big drama in this family, which unfortunately if the girl's mother had not lost her life and our client had not made this new marriage, nothing would have happened.

Before I came here, the teacher and the psychologist were questioned, to whom the little girl had confided the drama that had been going on for nine years. Difficult case because from the point of view of the criminal approach, the most serious charge is taking human life. He faces life imprisonment.

What most people don't know is that the prosecution asked for a minimum sentence of 2 years. I was a lawyer many years before this unfortunate man, on a case where a 12 year old child was raped and murdered in Argos. The sentence given for the murder of the rapist and murderer of his child was 2.5 years.

We have to help the justice that this drama that exists with 3 girls, with high education, with a big victim, a little girl from 9 to 18 years old, now we have to tell the truth"./ CNA