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The trial of Dimitris Lignadis, accused of sexual abuse, is continuing in the Athens Court of Appeals, with testimonies from the complainants' side. A friend of one alleged victim is testifying today.
Dimitris Lignadis, a prominent Greek director and actor, appeared before the Court of Appeal in Athens for a new trial concerning three rape cases. He was previously sentenced to 12 years in prison with a suspended sentence.
Dimitris Lignadis, a prominent Greek director and actor, is in the Court of Appeals in Athens for the start of his retrial on three rape charges. He was initially sentenced to 12 years in prison with a suspended sentence.
During the trial of actor-director Dimitris Lignadis, accused of three rapes, his defense requested the appointment of a psychologist-psychiatrist expert to assess the perceptual capacity and mental state of the three witnesses.
Several high-profile sexual assault cases are progressing, including the trial of Dimitris Lignadis in Greece for the rape of minors and the arrest of four men in the Netherlands suspected of drugging and raping their partners. Separately, a Toronto police officer has been charged with sexual assault in Canada.
A 29-year-old witness testified in the trial of former director Dimitris Lignadis, accusing him of rape when the witness was 17 years old in 2015.
During the trial of Dimitris Lignadis, the court rejected a request to appoint a psychologist expert to examine the complainants. The motion for a psychological-psychiatric evaluation of the accusers was denied.
Dimitris Lignadis will be retried from scratch in the Mixed Jury Appeals Court of Athens for three cases of rape involving minor boys; his defense has requested a special psychologist for the victims.
Dimitris Lignadis is appealing his conviction for the rapes of three boys, with the appellate court now hearing his case. During the trial, he stated he was unemployed and giving private lessons as a philologist.
The second-degree trial of Dimitris Lignadis, former artistic director of the National Theatre, continued today, July 2, before the Mixed Jury Appeals Court, focusing on witness examinations.
The trial of Dimitris Lignadis for three rapes is set to begin on July 2, after the Mixed Jury Appeals Court rejected the defense's request for an expert witness to assess the mental state of the complainants.
Dimitris Lignadis, initially sentenced to 12 years for two rapes, now faces a potentially harsher sentence at the Court of Appeal after a prosecutor's appeal for three rapes of minors was accepted.
The second-degree trial of former National Theatre artistic director Dimitris Lignadis has commenced at the Mixed Jury Court of Appeal in Athens, starting with objections to the prosecutor's appeal.