Roula Pispirigou

Roula Pispirigou (Ρούλα Πισπιρίγκου; born 1988 or 1989) is a Greek convicted murderer and suspected serial killer. Accused of killing her three daughters in Patras, she was arrested and remanded in custody for the premeditated murder of her eldest one Georgina Daskalaki, after administering ketamine. The murder case has also attracted international attention.

In March 2024, Pispirigou was sentenced to life imprisonment by a jury in Athens, who unanimously found her guilty of murdering her first-born daughter, Georgina.

Murders
On 13 April 2019, 3.5-year-old Malena Daskalaki died at the Children's Hospital while she was admitted with leukemia at an early stage and with the doctors considering the condition completely curable. A few days later, her sister, Georgina Daskalaki, was admitted for the first time. On 21 March 2021, their sister Irida Daskalaki was found dead in her crib with a bloody cloth on top of her. In July 2021, the forensic report was completed and sent by medical examiner Angeliki Tsiola. A genetic test followed, which was completed on 30 March 2022, with a negative result for the existence of a genetic problem.

On 11 April 2021, Georgina Daskalaki was admitted to Karamandanio Hospital in Patras. She underwent CPR for over 50 minutes and recovered; however she had suffered hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. On 29 January 2022, the quadriplegic Georgina died in the hospital in Rio. On 9 February, the Patras prosecutor's office ordered a preliminary investigation into the three girls. On 30 March, an arrest warrant was issued for Pispirigou, who apologized to an investigator in Athens on 4 April. With the concurrence of the investigator and the prosecutor, she was remanded in custody and taken to Korydallos Prison.

Conviction
In July 2022, Pispirigou was charged with serial murder of all three of her children. She pleaded not guilty, while her lawyer, Alexis Kougias, claimed that "it is the biggest judicial scandal since I have been a lawyer". Pispirigou's innocence was defended by her mother, her sister and stepfather.

Finally, on 29 March 2024, Pispirigou was sentenced to life imprisonment by a mixed jury in Athens, which unanimously found her guilty of murdering her first-born daughter, Georgina. The court adopted the prosecutor's proposal to impose a life sentence.