On Tuesday, 14.01.2025, the appeal filed by Avraam - Minos Moysis against Stefanos Chios and Georgios Gasiamis regarding the defamatory and insulting publication that had been posted on the website "MAKELEIO" entitled "TIGHT JEW HEAD OF THE "KORAKION" COMPANY WHO HAVE UNDERTAKEN THE CLEARANCE OF THE RED LOANS OF POOR GREEKS. PRESIDENT OF THE ISRAELI COMMUNITY MAKES US A FRIEND AND DIVES US FROM THE BACK DOOR".
In particular, the Court heard the appeals filed by both the two defendants against the conviction in first instance and by the Public Prosecutor of the Athens Misdemeanor Court. Thus, in acceptance of the concurring opinion of the Public Prosecutor of the Athens Misdemeanor Court of the seat, the A three-member Athens Misdemeanor Court found both defendants guilty and sentenced them to 15 months in prison each, suspended for 3 years, for the offense of slander. (CC 363) and even with the aggravating circumstance of racist characteristics (CC 82A). The Court, in other words, ruled in this case that the defamatory defamation was committed against the victim, who was chosen by the defendants precisely because of the characteristics of his religion, and for this reason it increased the initial penalty imposed by the first-instance criminal court.
The attorneys for Minos Moses, the plaintiff supporting the accusation, were Ovadias Namias and Elias Konstantopoulos, and the prosecution witnesses were Victor Isaac Eliezer and Panos Psomas.
This is an important and rare conviction with the aggravating circumstance of racist characteristics.
View HERE Minos Moisis's post
View HERE the relevant announcement by KISE (2017)