Prosecutor wants guilty verdict for girl’s mother
The prosecutor in the trial over the sexual abuse and exploitation of a 12-year-old girl in Kolonos, Athens recommended that the judges in a mixed jury find the child’s mother guilty, after a two-month process that took place behind closed doors.
She is one of the two main defendants. The other is Ilias Michos, who ran a minimarket. Both allegedly played an instrumental role in the child’s sexual exploitation.
The other 26 defendants are accused of having sex with the minor as clients.
According to the prosecutor, the mother should be found guilty of distributing pornography, sharing material of the minor with other defendants, and exploitation. An aggravating circumstance is that she was responsible for the minor’s care.
The prosecutor stressed that exploitation involves coercion and facilitation through pressure, emotional manipulation and encouragement for financial gain.
Earlier, the prosecutor requested the acquittal of Michos over charges of raping the 12-year-old, as well as charges of coercive pimping and collection of prostitution earnings, citing insufficient evidence.
Instead, the prosecutor recommended that Michos be found guilty of aggravated abuse of a minor by a person entrusted with her care, possession of pornographic material involving a minor, facilitating the minor’s involvement in prostitution, and possession of weapons.
