A foreign student had been living common-law for some time. An incident happened within the couple regarding a conflict about his outings. The client was charged with taking his partner hostage (Section 279 (2) b) Criminal Code), assault (Section 266 b) Criminal Code) and threats (Section 264.1 (1) (3)b) Criminal Code) by the police. He hired Mr Christos Karteris to defend him.
After reading the police report, our criminal lawyer decided to set a date for the hearing. During the trial, the plaintiff told the Judge she had been beaten and taken hostage. She also submitted photographs showing her bruises. Mr Karteris cross-examined her thoroughly in order to highlight numerous improbable statements in her testimony. The client also testified and produced a completely different version than hers.
The Judge finally acquitted our law firm’s client. The client was very relieved because he would have faced deportation if he had been convicted.
Some of Mr Karteris’s clients are found guilty. See notice.
