Sentence of 15 years and 5 months in prison imposed the Three-Member Court of Appeals on the 35-year-old driver accused ofcar accident in which Vice Mayor Lamion, Costas Stavroyannis, died And his wife was seriously injured. The accident had occurred in June 2025 in his Regional Prophet Elijah in Lamia.
As quoted in lamianow. gr, the court found the defendant guilty of dangerous driving resulting in death and heavy physical harm, as well as driving under the influence of alcohol and toxic substances. At the same time, it was decided by majority that his appeal should not have suspended force, resulting in him remaining in custody.
During the long-term process today, the conditions of the accident were examined, while the defendant in his apology referred to the events that preceded the conflict and supported his own version of what happened saying features that the substances found in his blood were days in order to manage his anxiety and that he had had two drinks.
Time of the rolling accident
The car accident occurred on Sunday, June 22, 2025, in the Prophet Elias Regional accident in Lamia. The vehicle in which 64-year-old deputy mayor Costas Stavrosgiannis was riding as a co-driver and his wife was moving towards the hospital area, when he collided with a car driven by the 35-year-old accused.
The competent authorities arrived immediately, while Costas Stavrosgiannis' wife was transported injured to Lamia Hospital, where she was first hospitalized in the ICU and then in a ward. The driver of the other vehicle was arrested and taken to the District Attorney's Office of Primary Lamia, while after his apology to the interrogator he had been found a jailer.