The policeman is guilty for the death of 22-year-old Jason Lalaounis

The guilt of the police officer – the driver of the official vehicle as being responsible for the death of Jason Lalaounis, following a traffic accident outside the Parliament in March 2021, was decided by the Greek Justice.

The defendant was convicted of the crime of manslaughter from the 1st Three-member Criminal Court of Athens, where the family and friends of the 22-year-old motorcyclist are present.

He was given a 3-year suspended sentence, with no mitigating circumstances.

The accused had requested the recognition of the mitigating factor of the previous common-law lifehowever the prosecutor suggested that it be dismissed explaining that systematically in the past, the police officer violated the KOK turning left from Vas. Sofias to enter the forecourt of the Parliament. So “the behavior he displayed during the traffic accident was not a discrepancy” but one continued delinquent behavior.

At the previous meeting, the district attorney demanded that the officer be convicted of manslaughter. As he explained, “the heaviest percentage of negligence falls on the accused”, as he did not show the necessary attention when he crossed the Vas. Sophia vertically, which was prohibited and was a dangerous practice. According to the public prosecutor, however, in measuring the policeman’s sentence, it should be taken into account that and the 22-year-old motorcyclist was complicit in the accidentas “he was driving above the legal speed limit and more obviously realized that the taxi had stopped”.

Apologizing the accused policeman maintained that he did not know that it was forbidden to turn at that point, since it was a common tactic, despite the marking on the asphalt for a mandatory straight path. “I’m sorry, a young man left for no reason. I wish I had the strength to contact the family sooner. No one had told us that it was forbidden. We would not be infringing with so many cameras in the center of Athenshe said among other things.