Murder

The demand for a legislative act that would establish the crime of femicide as a distinct - and more serious - form of homicide has been fueled recently by the brutal murders of women which have featured in the media.

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

A 34-year-old woman was arrested in Thessaloniki on Tuesday for stabbing her 35-year-old partner with a knife during a fight.

The attack took place at the couple's home in the district of Kordelio when the woman stabbed him in the abdomen when he tried to take away the knife.

Recent data from the Sofia Directorate of the Interior reveals a noteworthy shift in crime statistics for the year 2023. The total number of registered offences in the region amounted to 17,765, demonstrating a decrease from the previous year's count of 18,044.

A Japanese court on Thursday sentenced to death the perpetrator of a 2019 arson attack on an animation studio that killed 36 people, local media reported.

The blaze that ripped through the studios of Kyoto Animation four-and-a-half years ago was Japan's deadliest crime in decades, stunning the anime industry and its fans around the world.

The 44-year-old Norwegian accused of murdering a 32-year-old police officer and injuring the officer's friend in a Thessaloniki bar on Thursday was deemed remandable following his testimony on Saturday. 

An appeals court in Crete has confirmed the conviction of a Norwegian man for the murder of his wife in January 2021.

The man, now aged 50, will continue to serve his life sentence for the murder, which the court unanimously ruled was premeditated and committed in a clear state of mind.

The Paphos district court in Cyprus will on Monday decide the fate of David Hunter, a British pensioner who is accused of helping his terminally ill wife to end her life. This case is significant for Cyprus, as it involves the contentious issue of assisted suicide.

A mixed jury court in Thessaloniki on Thursday unanimously found all 12 defendants in a trial over the killing of 19-year-old Alkis Kampanos in the northern port city in February last year guilty of murder.

The jury found seven of the 12 youths guilty of manslaughter with possible intent - lowered from an initial charge of premeditated murder - and five guilty of complicity.