Understand Every Side.
Published loading...Updated

Officer’s Life Term Restored for 2008 Teen Killing

Summary by Kathimerini English Edition
An appeals court has reinstated a life sentence against former police officer Epaminondas Korkoneas, nearly 17 years after he fatally shot 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos in Athens.

5 Articles

All
Left
Center
Right
1
Right

After eight hours of counter-arguments, lawsuits and contingencies, the Court unanimously rejected the granting of the mitigating circumstances that had led him out of prison in 2019.

The Lamia Mixed Court of Appeal unanimously sentenced Epaminondas Korkoneas to life imprisonment for the cold-blooded police murder of 16-year-old student Alexandros Grigoropoulos, rejecting the granting of the mitigating factor of his previous cohabitation that had led him out of prison in 2019. Korkoneas was brought before the Lamia Mixed Court of Appeal for the third time, following a new decision by the Supreme Court in April 2024, which acc…

Epaminondas Korkoneas, who was convicted of the murder of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos in Exarchia in December 2008, is returning to prison. The Joint Jury Court of Appeal imposed a life sentence… Murder of Al. Grigoropoulos: Life without parole for Ep. Korkoneas – He returns to prison - I NAFTEMPORIKI

Former special guard Epaminondas Korkoneas, convicted of the murder of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos in December 2008, is being taken back to prison. More...

·Greece
Read Full Article
Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • 100% of the sources lean Right
100% Right
Factuality

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

CNN Greece broke the news in Greece on Wednesday, June 4, 2025.
Sources are mostly out of (0)