The moment he hears the judges' verdict of the Mixed Jury Court for what he did in the early hours of May 11, 2021, against his wife, Caroline Krautz and the puppy they had adopted, but also for what he attempted to reveal after the horrific «crime in Glyka Nera», comes today after noon for the 34-year-old Babis Anagnostopoulos.
Today's trial will be the one that, according to the court's schedule, will bring down the curtain on the crime that moved thousands of citizens inside and outside the country, as the perpetrator himself initially presented it as a violent robbery, only for it to be proven 37 days later, with the arrest and confession of the pilot, that it was a murder.
The day for the defendant will begin with the closing arguments of the prosecutor, who, during the previous hearing, with the 10-hour apology of the 34-year-old, showed that she has a specific position on what happened in the couple's home in Glyka Nera a year ago, but also on the perpetrator of the crime himself, who carried his 11-month-old daughter next to her mother's lifeless body. «You saw the woman of your life dying, as you say, and you didn't back down,» the prosecutor said during his defense, referring to the six minutes that passed before Caroline stopped breathing, as the 34-year-old pressed her head with a pillow. «I see an intention to commit murder and catch her in her sleep. That's why you put the child down,» she told him shortly afterwards.
The court has stated that it intends to conclude the trial tomorrow with a ruling on the pilot, who attempted to refute the prosecution's claim that he acted calmly and to convince the court that the suffocation of the 20-year-old woman, whom he had fallen in love with a few years earlier, was a «moment that clouded his mind» due to the victim's aggressive behavior.
Ο Bambis Anagnostopoulos After noon, as estimated, he will hear the court's decision on his guilt. Since he confessed to the crime last June, what he may be hoping for is to hear that he is found guilty of Caroline's murder while in a state of mental agitation, a circumstance that could spare him from the life sentence that hangs over him. He also faces another felony charge, that of killing the dog Roxy, with a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. According to estimates, the decision eagerly awaited by both the defendant and the family of the 20-year-old, namely the sentence to be imposed on the 34-year-old, will be announced late in the afternoon or in the evening.
Neither the victim's parents nor the parents of the accused himself wanted to be present in court. They have focused their efforts on frequent communication with their young granddaughter, who is in the care of Caroline's parents.
Caroline's family is represented in court by her lawyer. The 20-year-old's mother, as her friend testified, did not want to face the man who killed her daughter and then cried and mourned her loss with her. She is furious with him and did not want to burden her mental state, as she does not want her granddaughter to be burdened by the pain and anger she feels towards her son-in-law who, according to her friend's testimony, «made her pay for Caroline's coffin.».
