The suspect in the Kyriaki Griva murder case, outside of the Agioi Anargyroi police station in Athens, has made a suicide attempt while hospitalised in Korydallos prison.
The 39-year-old was sharing a cell with another individual, and despite examination by the prison psychiatrist, no transfer to the prison psychiatric ward was deemed necessary.
Guards were instructed to check on him every ten minutes.
At 1am, the suspect appeared to be asleep. When a correctional officer passed by, he discovered that the suspect had gone to the toilet inside the cell.
He was found unconscious in the toilet during the next check.
CPR was administered, before he was transferred to Attikon Hospital, where intensive care was deemed necessary due to his severe condition.
According to reports, the suspect claims to remember where he obtained the knife but not the moment he attacked and killed Kyriaki.
“I don’t remember anything until I woke up in the ambulance. I took the knife from home with the intention of harming myself in front of her. In the past, we had some arguments but without incidents of violence. I have previously taken drugs and substances and not known where I was,” the suspect allegedly stated, as reported by Star Channel.
Meanwhile, new audio recordings have been released.
In a Mega Channel report, a duty officer is heard asking the pharmacist about Kyriaki’s condition, with the pharmacist reporting that she had no pulse.
The young duty officer breaks down in tears. The recording was made by the 28-year-old’s mobile phone, which remained on after Griva called for police assistance.
Main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Stefanos Kasselakis, accused the government of “playing with words” in an attempt to assuage the public’s rage over the murder of the 28-year-old.
Kasselakis challenged the government statement that the police officers at the Agoi Anargyroi police station been “axed”, instead stating that they had been transferred elsewhere.
“Two went to the Transport Directorate in Amygdaleza, two to the Aliens Directorate and two to the Transfers Directorate,” Kasselakis said, addressing a number of questions to the citizen protection minister.
“Do these three directorates not need capable staff, or are they ‘punishments’ for police officers who don’t do their job? You are playing with the words ‘axing-transfer’ and deceiving the Greek people, who are asking for justice in the name of the unfairly lost Kyriaki Griva,” the main opposition leader said.
“We are going to change all this. The system will work and there will be security in practice,” he concluded.
