Former minister Tsochatzopoulos gets eight years

17:19 5/3/2013 - Πηγή: Matrix24

The former minister, who is currently in jail awaiting trial on charges relating to illegal payments for defence ministry armament programmes, was on Monday sentenced on the separate charge of filing inaccurate “source of income” declarations. The court, in delivering its ruling, did not admit any extenuating circumstances in his favour and also ruled that the sentence cannot be appealed.

Tsohatzopoulos faced felony charges for failing to include his two-storey neo-classical residence

on Dionissiou Areopagitou, which directly faces the south side of the Acropolis in central Athens, in his “source of income” declaration filed in 2010 and a lesser charge for inaccurate declarations concerning smaller amounts in previous years.

Addressing the court, Tsohatzopoulos appeared visibly upset and attributed a political dimension to the case, asserting that he was brought to justice for political reasons and alleging the involvement of his former party PASOK. He also maintained that he had not intended to conceal but simply neglected to declare his house on Areopagitis Street.

Source: ΑΜΝΑ