New details are coming to light regarding how the Glyfada patricide—who had also killed his mother in 2014—ended up outside prison and outside any psychiatric inpatient facility.

According to his release document, the now 46-year-old offender was released from the Korydallos Prison Psychiatric Hospital on May 3, 2018, making use of the provisions of the so-called Paraskevopoulos law and its latest amendment, which allowed for the release of inmates who had served half of their sentence with beneficial time calculation.

The perpetrator of today’s murder had been detained since April 2, 2014, for the homicide of his mother and was sentenced, by decision of the First Mixed Jury Court of Appeal of Athens, to a total prison term of 16 years for intentional homicide committed in a calm mental state, as well as for repeated illegal possession of a weapon and illegal use of a weapon. His sentence was calculated from the date of his pre-trial detention, March 28, 2014, with an expected completion date of March 28, 2030. The conviction was issued following an appeal against a decision of the Athens Mixed Jury Court.

His release was ordered by the Public Prosecutor of the Piraeus Court of First Instance, with suspension of the remainder of the sentence, which amounted to seven years, nine months, and 24 days. The decision was based on Article 43, paragraphs 3, 4, and 7 of Law 4489/2017—i.e., the amended version of the Paraskevopoulos law—which allowed the release of prisoners after serving half of their sentence with beneficial time calculation.

A decisive role was played by the beneficial calculation of the time he spent in detention and hospitalization at the Korydallos Prison Psychiatric Hospital, where each day counted as two days served. For the period from April 2, 2014, to May 3, 2018, a total of four years, five months, and one day was calculated. This calculation was approved by decision of the supervising prosecutor of Korydallos Prison, following a recommendation by the Prison Psychiatric Hospital’s Work Council.

Despite his release, a medical opinion issued as part of the process concluded that the inmate could not immediately return to the community, as he was deemed dangerous to himself and to others. For this reason, and in execution of an order by the Piraeus public prosecutor dated May 2, 2018, he was taken the same day to the Athens Public Psychiatric Hospital, Dromokaiteio, for admission and treatment.

The suspension of his sentence was accompanied by restrictive conditions, including the obligation to reside permanently at his declared address in Glyfada and to report regularly to the local police station on the 1st and 15th of each month. These conditions were to remain in force until the completion of the probationary period—approximately one month from now—on February 27, 2026.

After his period of hospitalization at Dromokaiteio, he was released, remaining subject to the prescribed restrictive conditions…