“Whoever hit the child on the right thigh led to his death,” said forensic scientist Grigoris Leon, testifying at the trial of the murder of a 19-year-old teenager. Alki Campanu, which continues on the 23rd day before the Mixed Jury Trial in Thessaloniki.

In signing the forensic report drawn up in her report by medical examiner Leda Kovacis, Mr. Leon, noting that (her conclusions) could not be challenged, expressed his belief that the “key blow, the fatal blow” had been delivered to the right thigh which led to rupture of the femoral artery.

As the witness explained, the wound on the femoral artery shows that there was a “catastrophic bleeding”, which led to the death of Alka.

“The death blow was not from a sickle”

According to him, this is indicated by the findings in both the heart and lungs of the victim, which, as he characteristically stated, were “dried to the point of blood.” As regards the weapon with which the mortal blow was dealt, Mr. Leon categorically ruled out the possibility that it was a sickle. “It can’t be that it was a sickle,” he said.

Excluding – by his own deductions – the sickle as a weapon that delivered the fatal blow, c. draw up a medical report.

Hits to the head

Regarding blows to Alka’s head, he emphasized that they were potentially lethal and were applied either with hands or feet. “There is no doubt that the child received severe blows to the head. Boredom is compatible with a blunt instrument like a hand or foot, not a hard one like a club or an iron fist. Looks like we don’t have a matching trace. We don’t see open chest wounds. He was clearly defending himself with his hands,” he said. Citing testimony from Alka’s friend and EKAV rescuers, he said the 19-year-old does not have a “neurological deficit” as he instantly “communicates, understands and points out his injury.”

Mr. Leon stated that his scientific conclusions are based on the study of photographs of the body of a 19-year-old teenager, and explained that the study of photographs has “limitations” in relation to the study of a corpse or an injured person in vivo.

The trial continues with the testimony of the same witness and his interrogation by civil lawyers, as well as the defense of 12 defendants.

Source: RES