The Piraeus Court of Appeals council accepted an appeal against an earlier refusal and ordered the conditional release of Athanasios Chortariás, according to his lawyer Ioannis Glykas, in a statement dated 23 October 2026.
Chortariás was sentenced to six years in prison for fatal bodily harm committed as an accomplice, and he began serving the sentence in 2024.
The council weighed good conduct during detention, prison work, a stable and permanent residence and a job arranged for after release, according to the lawyer.
Athanasios Chortariás, a realtor, has been released under restrictive conditions, according to a statement issued on 23 October 2026 by his lawyer, Ioannis Glykas. The Piraeus Court of Appeals council accepted an appeal against an earlier refusal by a Piraeus council and ordered his conditional release. Chortariás had been sentenced to six years in prison for fatal bodily harm committed as an accomplice, a conviction that stems from an attack in Omonia, Athens, in 2018. Reports give different months for the attack, with some saying September and one saying January, so this summary gives only the year.
Glykas said the council found his client met both the formal and the substantive requirements for release, and he quoted the ruling's wording in his statement.
“According to the reasoning of the ruling, our client meets both the formal and the substantive conditions, such as good conduct inside the detention facility.”
Among the factors the council weighed, according to the statement, were good conduct during detention, work performed in prison, a stable and permanent residence, and a job arranged for after his release. The lawyer also said Chortariás began serving the sentence in 2024 and already met the formal requirements when he filed the application for conditional release. The council adopted the prosecutor's proposal, accepted the grounds of appeal, set aside the earlier refusal and ordered the conditional release.
The release follows a sequence that began with the 2018 attack in Omonia and a conviction that carried a six-year sentence. The main dated markers are shown below.
The sentence was for fatal bodily harm, and the statement says Chortariás started serving it in 2024. The appeals council's order came in October 2026, after the first application for release had been refused by the Piraeus council.
The articles do not list the specific restrictive conditions attached to the release. They also do not say when Chortariás left the facility or whether the decision can be challenged further. The only account of the court's reasoning comes from the defence lawyer's statement, which the outlets reproduced.
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Athanasios Chortariás, serving six years for fatal bodily harm, was released under restrictive conditions, according to a statement from his lawyer issued on 23 October 2026. The lawyer says the appeals council found his client met both the formal and substantive requirements for release.
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