Sentenced to life imprisonment by the Mixed Court Jury in Thessaloniki was the young man accused of murdering in August last year his flight attendant partner following by throwing her body of in a creek, near the national road of Athens – Thessaloniki, at the height of the area Evzonous.

The court unanimously found the 21 year old guilty for his act of intentionally killing under calm mental state and imposed a heavier penalty prescribed for the offense, rejecting the previous -again unanimously-request for granting extenuating.

The result of the trial, which began-under increased security measures last Wednesday, satisfied the relatives of the unfortunate girl, who at the initiation of the court had condemned the accused.

It was a crime of passion. The 25 year old deceased Monica Constandinidou has told her partner to put an end to their 2.5 year relationship, not long before the murder As has been described the fateful night of the 10th of August the offender, a student then at the School of Merchant Marine, met with the 25 year old in the house of a relative in Ampelokipous Thessaloniki, in an attempt of rapprochement.
What did the accused support in his plea
According to what he accused plead in court, he consummated with his partner, but then he found some messages on her phone involving a third party which then they had a fight about following by him exerting physical violence against her. The indictment refers to strangulation, a consequence of which the death occurred of the 25 year old woman, which the accused however refused, arguing that her death was an accident.

When the accused realized that his partner was dead he tried to make her body disappear. He then placed it in a black bag, carried it into the trunk of his car and threw it on the highway, outside Thessaloniki. Then the 21 year old man went first in Bulgaria, then in Turkey, wanting to avoid his arrest after the police investigations turned toward him.

Finally, after six days he surrendered to the police, indicating the spot where he had thrown the body of the deceased. In court, the accused appeared remorseful and apologized to the relatives of the victim.