Athens Plenary Council

In the middle of last June, criminal lawyer Apostolos Lytras was in the news for the savage beating of his then-wife Sophia Polyzogopoulou; he had managed 17 punches to her face alone. He was heavily prosecuted and taken into custody.

On April 4, Apostolos Lytras will sit in the dock of the Monopolium Court of Appeal, accused of beating her estranged wife Sophia Polyzogopoulou. The hearing of this case was set for next April and before a single-member Court of Appeal, due to special jurisdiction, given the accused’s status as a lawyer.

The Athens District Prosecutor has recommended that the founder and former head of children's charity Kivotos tou Kosmou (Ark of the World), Father Antonios Papanikolaou, should stand trial in connection with  abuse of minors at Ark facilities.