In a motion submitted to the competent judicial council, the presiding judge is requesting that the appeal filed by the 46-year-old woman who was remanded in custody for the deadly arson at Marfin be dismissedprosecutor
The 46-year-old’s defense attorney, Kostas Papadakis, announced this development in a statement, citing a lack of evidence against her and noting that her appeal will be heard by theAthens Misdemeanor Court in the coming weeks.
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“My client, who is being held in Korydallos without evidence and in violation of res judicata, is awaiting the final ruling. And she intends to exhaust every legal means to defend herself,” Mr. Papadakis notes, concluding: “I hope that the sole criterion will be the evidence in the case file—which, as far as my client is concerned, is nonexistent—and not conformity with the decisions of previous cases or the prevailing atmosphere.”
Mr. Papadakis’s full statement reads as follows:
“In recent days, the prosecutor’s recommendation was made public regarding the appeal against the pretrial detention warrant issued for the defendant in the Marfin case, who was remanded in custody without the investigating judge and the prosecutor who ordered it taking into account the 2022 res judicata, the fact that the Hellenic Police (ELAS)ELAS, that she was not identified as the person depicted as a suspect, and the immense devastation caused to her life and that of her five-year-old daughter.
The prosecutor’s recommendation is to dismiss the appeal, which was to be expected, since the decisions of her superiors are the ones that have assumed legal responsibility for reopening the case and pursuing criminal charges.
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Although this particular prosecutor is the first competent official to attempt to respond substantively to the appellants’ arguments, she has not done so successfully. Her attempt to justify the violation of res judicata by reopening the case file—arguing that the new DEE2026 report used more photographs than the one from 2022 (which is not true, since the same photographs had been examined at that time as well) does not overturn the findings of the investigation—which the prosecutor deems more valid—since that investigation also concludes once again with the finding “limited support for similarity,” meaning limited support for similarity and therefore no identification. All of this was addressed in detail in a brief filed on September 2, 2026, for the Council’s consideration.
The appeal will therefore be heard by the Athens Misdemeanor Court in the coming weeks. My client, who is being held in Korydallos without evidence and in violation of res judicata, awaits the final ruling. And she intends to exhaust every legal means to defend herself.
I hope that the sole criterion will be the evidence in the case file—which, as far as my client is concerned, is nonexistent—and not conformity with the decisions of previous cases or the prevailing atmosphere. After all, the latter has significantly subsided, since all this time no one from the government or the police has come forward to refute what we have alleged. This shows that the government is beginning to fall silent as it is confronted with the reality now emerging from behind closed doors—even though for a month it had been feeding public opinion the notion that “a woman had been identified,” a false report that, until her arrival, had dominated the media, shaped public sentiment, and, of course, exerted corresponding pressure on the relevant prosecutors and judges. I am certain that the government’s next statement on the matter will, as usual, place the authority—and, of course, the responsibility—on the “independent judiciary,” which, however, the government has previously taken care to bombard with all of the aforementioned interferences. But in any case, the judiciary is indeed called upon to assume its responsibilities and deliver justice. Let’s hope this happens as soon as possible.”
SOURCE: Proto Thema
