Life sentence reinstated for officer who killed Alexandros Grigoropoulos in 2008

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An appeals court has reinstated a life sentence for former police officer Epaminondas Korkoneas, nearly 17 years after he fatally shot 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos in Athens, rejecting his claims for leniency.

The unanimous ruling ends a long legal saga over the December 6, 2008 killing in Exarchia, which sparked weeks of nationwide unrest and became a symbol of police violence in Greece.

The court dismissed arguments that Korkoneas’ previously lawful conduct warranted a reduced sentence.

The decision followed a referral by the Supreme Court, which overturned a prior ruling that had cut his sentence to 13 years.

Korkoneas had previously been released in 2019, re-arrested in 2022 after backlash, and released again the same year.

The latest verdict came on what would have been Grigoropoulos’ 30th birthday. His family’s lawyers called the ruling a historic act of justice.

Source: Ekathimerini.

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