The memorial, the mother΄s grief and what the filicide has to say
killing
04 Jan 2019
/ 14:17
CORFU. "I want my daughter to come to our house. They didn΄t let me have her after she was 16 - let them bring her to me now so that I can cry for her..."
More and more details about the murder of 28-year-old Aggelina Petrou at the hands of her father are coming to light every day. The public, not only in Corfu but all over Greece have been shocked by the killing and the media has devoted a lot of pages and airtime to the incident.
A short memorial was conducted today (Friday) by the godmother and godfather of the victim at the spot where she was found buried behind the house of her killer - her father - in Alepou.
The 52-year-old has been given until Saturday to prepare his defence and in the meantime more and more is coming to light from family and relatives. Perhaps the most moving of these is what the mother told Skai TV channel. She lives permanently in Albania and for many years has seen her daughter only occasionally. There only communication was by phone, "Probably because some people didn't allow her," she said. " I raised her until she was 16 and then they took her from me and moved to Greece."
She described her ex-husband as "Jealous and fanatical" but "I never imagined that he would kill her because of a relationship". She said finally, "I want my daughter to come to our house. They didn't let me have her after she was 16 - let them bring her to me now so that I can cry for her..."
The 52-year-old father made statements on Open TV channel. He said that he was repentant: "I didn't mean to do it - I have repented completely. It would be better if I had died..." he said. He denied that he had a violent character. "I'm not violent and I don't beat people - i talk a lot. I hadn't hit her before even though some people say that isn't true..."
Regarding the burial of his daughter's body and the fact that he didn't immediately give himself up he said, "I couldn't speak, I was elsewhere, I don't know...". Although he didn't give a direct answer when asked if the reason behind the killing was her relationship with her Afghan boyfriend (his lawyer had denied this and said that he had an obsessive love for his daughter), he gave his own version as to how the tragedy had unfolded.
"She came at about 11 o'clock. We were getting on fine until 12. We ate, talked and wished each other Happy New Year. We talked about our relatives because - I don't know why - she had distanced herself from all of us. She had left a year ago and I didn't know where she was. I had been looking for her. As her father I was worried.
Then she started getting calls on her phone. It was time for her to leave. We argued and pushed each other. 'I'll do whatever I want,' she said and started to get aggressive. 'Why are you getting like that,' I said. 'We're just talking - are you taking anything?' Then I try to calm her down...and I don't know how it happened..."
A short memorial was conducted today (Friday) by the godmother and godfather of the victim at the spot where she was found buried behind the house of her killer - her father - in Alepou.
The 52-year-old has been given until Saturday to prepare his defence and in the meantime more and more is coming to light from family and relatives. Perhaps the most moving of these is what the mother told Skai TV channel. She lives permanently in Albania and for many years has seen her daughter only occasionally. There only communication was by phone, "Probably because some people didn't allow her," she said. " I raised her until she was 16 and then they took her from me and moved to Greece."
She described her ex-husband as "Jealous and fanatical" but "I never imagined that he would kill her because of a relationship". She said finally, "I want my daughter to come to our house. They didn't let me have her after she was 16 - let them bring her to me now so that I can cry for her..."
The 52-year-old father made statements on Open TV channel. He said that he was repentant: "I didn't mean to do it - I have repented completely. It would be better if I had died..." he said. He denied that he had a violent character. "I'm not violent and I don't beat people - i talk a lot. I hadn't hit her before even though some people say that isn't true..."
Regarding the burial of his daughter's body and the fact that he didn't immediately give himself up he said, "I couldn't speak, I was elsewhere, I don't know...". Although he didn't give a direct answer when asked if the reason behind the killing was her relationship with her Afghan boyfriend (his lawyer had denied this and said that he had an obsessive love for his daughter), he gave his own version as to how the tragedy had unfolded.
"She came at about 11 o'clock. We were getting on fine until 12. We ate, talked and wished each other Happy New Year. We talked about our relatives because - I don't know why - she had distanced herself from all of us. She had left a year ago and I didn't know where she was. I had been looking for her. As her father I was worried.
Then she started getting calls on her phone. It was time for her to leave. We argued and pushed each other. 'I'll do whatever I want,' she said and started to get aggressive. 'Why are you getting like that,' I said. 'We're just talking - are you taking anything?' Then I try to calm her down...and I don't know how it happened..."
