Restraining order

A journalist was sentenced Friday to 12 months in prison, convertible to a fine of 10 euros per day, by an Athens magistrate's court for assaulting his partner, a fellow journalist at state broadcaster ERT.

The court convicted him of domestic violence and making repeated threats. 

A criminal lawyer in pre-trial detention for allegedly beating his wife and then breaching his restraining order submitted on Friday a request for his release.

A criminal lawyer accused of brutally beating his wife was led to Korydallos prison on Thursday, after an investigative magistrate ruled that he had breached his restraining orders.

The lawyer who appeared at the police station is expected to be taken to jail - Why the judicial authorities decided to lift the restraining orders and replace them with pre-trial detention

Prominent criminal lawyer Apostolos Lytras handed himself in to Pallini Police Department on Wednesday after an arrest warrant was issued by judicial authorities. The warrant followed the lifting of previously imposed restraining orders after Lytras' violent assault on his wife, Sofia Polyzogopoulou.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a criminal lawyer accused of brutally beating his wife, following his breach of restraining orders.

The warrant was issued as he was found to have violated the restraining order imposed on him - He will be taken to prison when he is found or surrendered

Four additional police officers were relieved of their duties Wednesday in connection with the murder of a 28-year-old woman outside the Athenian district Agioi Anargyroi police station on Monday.

Following the removal of the chief officer earlier on Wednesday, the duty officer, supervisor, her driver, and the officer on the phone with the victim were suspended.

A released phone call reveals police refused to escort a 28-year-old woman home moments before her murder outside the Athenian district Agioi Anargyroi police station. 

"Lady, police cars are not taxis," the officer stated before filing her complaint over the phone. 

The 28-year-old woman who was stabbed to death by her ex-partner outside a police precinct in Agioi Anargyroi, northern Athens, had a restraining order against her abusive 39-year-old attacker, it emerged on Tuesday, a day after the assault.