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After a trial lasting 14 months, a mixed jury court on Friday sentenced Roula Pispirigou to life imprisonment for the murder of her eldest daughter, Georgina.

Both the jury and judges found the 35-year-old woman from the western port city of Patra guilty as charged in the indictment.

The 35-year-old was unanimously found guilty of premeditated manslaughter in a calm mental state. Pispirigou heard the verdict without reacting

The Mixed Jury Court reached a verdict on Friday, finding Roula Pispirigou guilty in the murder of her eldest daughter, Georgina.

A Thessaloniki court has sentenced a 63-year-old retired air force member to 22 years and 9 months in prison after finding him guilty of attempted serial murder of his estranged wife and children.

A case file was formed in the degree of misdemeanour for sexual acts between first-degree relatives

The investigated offences, under preliminary examination, concern the disruption of public service and unlawful violence

A 23-year-old man, who had been beaten by two suspects in Thessaloniki on Friday, remains hospitalized in critical condition after sustaining severe injuries.

The victim was assaulted by two men in the earlier hours Friday. One of the alleged suspects is a well-known trap music artist. 

A 35-year-old man arrested on New Year's Eve for fatally stabbing his 62-year-old father in their home in Peristeri, western Athens, has been remanded in custody after appearing before an investigative magistrate.

The suspect was accompanied by his mother, his sister and a friend as he arrived to respond to charges of intentional manslaughter, and carrying and using a weapon.

A 35-year-old man arrested on December 31 for fatally stabbing his 62-year-old father in their home in Peristeri, western Athens, was given time until Friday to testify after appearing before an investigative magistrate on Wednesday.

The 37-year-old owner of three dogs that fatally wounded a 50-year-old woman last Sunday in Neochorouda, just outside Thessaloniki, was incarcerated on Wednesday. The prosecutor and the magistrate unanimously decided that the accused should be held in custody pending trial.