The representative of EL.AS. he admitted that the procedure was not followed, as domestic violence is an ex officio offence
The press representative of the Hellenic Police, Constantia Demoglidou, spoke on the show “Studio with a View” about the femicide in Agios Anargyros and the mistakes of the police that led to the tragedy.
Initially, responding to the complaint of the father of the 28-year-old woman, that no one informed him from the Police about the death of his daughter outside the Police Station of Agioi Anargyroi and that the day after the murder he went to the Department in his work clothes, as soon as he found out what had happened, he was not even allowed to go in and meet the officer on duty, to confirm that his daughter was indeed the victim of the attack a few meters from the Police Station, he said: “The father has been contacted by the Police , because it was difficult to find evidence of the mother. The head of GADA himself called him and expressed his regret and the regret of the whole House. It is tragic for us to see a girl murdered outside a police station.”
“It was difficult to find contact information. Her friend, who accompanied the victim, could not give us information about the girl’s parents. We found evidence of the father the other day in the morning”, added the press representative of the Hellenic Police. As he added, no one expelled the father from the specific Police Department, but he was referred to another service, as the preliminary investigation into the murder was undertaken by another service and not by the Agioi Anargyro Police Department. He went on to say that “the anger and resentment in this case from both her parents and those close to her is understandable. I’m not here to make excuses for the police, but we shouldn’t put everyone in the same bag. We have congratulated police officers for their actions many times since this show.”
Regarding the phrase of the operator of the Immediate Action to the unfortunate 28-year-old, that “the patrol car is not a taxi”, which was also stigmatized by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in his speech at the ND Congress, Constantia Dimoglidou emphasized that “the patrol car is also a taxi, when someone needs help Here, together, we were talking about the policeman who put a child in the patrol car, who was essentially dead, and took him to the hospital and kept him alive. The patrol car becomes any vehicle when citizens need help.”
He also pointed out that “all the supplies were in place to protect this man. The EDE has started and is expected to be completed next week, while the prosecutor’s investigation is ongoing. It appears that the procedure for reporting by a victim of domestic violence was not followed at all. It is an ex officio offence. The evidence had to be recorded, even if the girl did not wish the perpetrator to be prosecuted, so that the perpetrator could be found, according to the ex officio procedure.”
Regarding the complaints about understaffing of the Department, Mrs. Dimoglidou said that “the specific department has over 25 police officers. There are no errors related to understaffing. There were patrols in the area, not a patrol car, there were patrols in the area that could serve this woman. They should not refer her, but transport her, have the police take her to one of the two departments with a domestic violence department, there are two in the wider area.”
Asked whether Sunday’s tragedy might discourage victims of domestic violence from trusting the police to make complaints, the House spokeswoman said that “the dozens of women who came forward this week and reported violence and were saved thanks to the right actions of the police testify that victims should continue to make complaints. The mistakes of one case should not guide public opinion in terms of safety.”
Finally, when asked about the fact that the guard at the Police Department is under arrest by the Police, Mrs. Dimoglidou said that “the law gives the police officer the right to serve, until there is an irrevocable court decision. Until then, he has the right by law to serve normally.”