He was temporarily detained in Rethymnon. 37 yearsaccused of assaulting and endangering a family of German tourists, in Perama MylopotamosAugust 19.

The investigator and the prosecutor, after a statement by the defendant, which lasted six hours, decided to leave him in the colony-settlement, charging him with “attempt to inflict grievous bodily harm serially on racial grounds”, which is a criminal offense.

The said man, who was driving his farm car with his 36-year-old brother as a passenger, crashed into the car rented by tourists and chased after them, after colliding with the son of the family. His brother, after appearing before the investigator, accused of committing a petty crime, was released.

According to the defendant’s lawyer, Dionysus Verratoday’s ruling relates to “a unique case in history where a claim for physical damages – with experts certifying that the passenger compartment, there is no indication that the passengers were in danger – is legally characterized in such a way as to receive the category of a felony in order to be able to justify temporary detention.

Two brothers filed a lawsuit against tourists from Germany, alleging that the family initially attacked them, causing the eldest of the family’s sons to hit the 37-year-old man with a broken nose.

RES – OIE