Farmer gets suspended sentence over fatal shooting during attempted robbery

A 55-year-old livestock husbandman from Kilkis, bluish Greece, has received a suspended condemnation of two years and 4 months aft fatally shooting a 45-year-old antheral during an attempted robbery astatine his workplace past May.

A Thessaloniki appeals tribunal convicted him of manslaughter exceeding the bounds of self-defense, arsenic well arsenic weapons charges, but recognized mitigating circumstances and ruled that the condemnation would beryllium suspended pending appeal.

One of the victim’s three accomplices, a 39-year-old man, was sentenced to 11 years successful situation and fined €5,000 for aggravated theft, with nary mitigating factors. He has been successful custody since testifying past year.

In his defense, helium claimed that helium and the assailants, including two minors, went to the workplace to face the husbandman implicit alleged past intersexual harassment of his two underage children, denying immoderate intent to rob.

The husbandman told the tribunal helium was startled awake by the intruders and fired his weapon accidentally while trying to sprout into the air. He besides said the assailants threatened him and demanded money. His parent testified that helium kept currency on-site from dealings with beverage traders, accusation the suspects whitethorn person known arsenic 1 of the minors had concisely worked astatine the farm.

Originally charged with intentional homicide, the farmer’s charges were aboriginal downgraded to a misdemeanor.

The two minors progressive successful the incident, a 16-year-old who is simply a son of the convicted 39-year-old, and a 17-year-old friend, were besides recovered blameworthy by a juvenile court.