Greek mother jailed pending trial over killing of young daughter
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ATHENS (Reuters) – A Greek prosecutor dominated on Monday {that a} 33-year-old mom accused of deliberately killing her 9-year-old daughter, in a case that has precipitated public outrage, will stay in custody pending trial, the Athens Information company reported.
The mom, who was arrested final week within the metropolis of Patras in southern Greece and transferred to Athens to seem earlier than a Justice of the Peace, has denied any wrongdoing.
Her daughter Georgina died in hospital and posthumous toxicology exams confirmed she had acquired ketamine, an anaesthetic drug typically utilized in animal surgical procedures, that had not been prescribed by her treating medical doctors.
The household’s two different younger ladies had additionally died in mysterious circumstances within the final three years, prompting the homicides unit to analyze this case.
All three siblings died whereas being handled in hospital.
The reason for dying of Georgina’s two different sisters stays unexplained and a prosecutor has launched an investigation into their deaths too.
Earlier on Monday, a gaggle of individuals rallied outdoors the courtroom, the place the mom was transferred beneath tight safety sporting a bulletproof vest beneath a black hooded jacket.
On the day of her arrest final week, dozens of individuals had protested outdoors her house in Patras and scribbled “dying” with black paint on the constructing.
(Reporting by Renee Maltezou; Modifying by Marguerita Choy)