Athens Misdemeanor Court Council

Man jailed over dead baby in Vravrona released after DNA results

A judicial council on Tuesday ordered the release of a 25-year-old Nepalese man who has been in pre-trial detention since May 16 this year for allegedly disposing a dead infant at a landfill in the Attica region of Vravrona.

A forensic examination revealed that the infant was born alive, while the DNA test showed that it was not the 25-year-old's, despite his belief to the contrary.

Case of Litras – Polyzogopoulou’s memorandum: “Release my former husband from prison”

More than two months after the well-known lawyer Apostolos Litras was jailed for the severe beating of his wife, Sofia Polyzogopoulou, tensions between the former high-profile lawyer couple appear to be easing for the sake of their young daughter.