One step before the prison was found 57-year-old in Thessaloniki, who was driving drunk, caused a car accident and immediately after the police... pulled him out of Thessaloniki a stream, Where he had run to hide.
The defendant was tried today under the self-defence procedure and the one-member court of Thessaloniki imposed a total penalty two years and ten months in prisonFor dangerous driving, driving under the influence of drunkenness and leaving the site of the accident. In fact, the court ordered that it actually serve the four months and that this sentence should not be converted into cash. However, he decided that the appeal should have a suspensive character and thus the 57-year-old was released.
According to the testimony of the witness, who read in court, the car accident occurred in the Panorama area last Monday afternoon, when the 57-year-old attempted to turn by pressing a double dividing line, to approach a liquid fuel station. At that time, the driver of the passing car, in which her three - year - old child was even on board, struck the defendant’s vehicle, resulting in material damage.
Immediately after the incident, the 57-year-old was removed from the pedestrian spot without doing what the law provides, with the police tracking him a few minutes later hidden in a ravine.
It is noted that during the alcohol test it was found that the concentration of alcohol was 1.16 mg/l.
In his apology, the 57-year-old said he was facing serious health problems and claimed he had just consumed a glass of wine before leaving the tavern where he was. On its category abandonment, claimed he was not going to escape, but ran to catch his dog who came out of the car after the crash, intending to return immediately afterwards.