The 30-year-old Roma who starred in the episode, at noon on Tuesday, at a primary school in Heraklion, where – according to the indictment – threatened and abused the school’s Principal, wept.

The 30-year-old sat in the dock on the charges of serial threat, serial abuse, disrupting the operation of a service and illegal carrying of a knife.

The explanations he gave did not seem to convince the Court, which found him guilty and imposed a total prison sentence of 26 months, and a fine of 200 daily units, at 5 euros per unit.

It should be noted that the appeal has a suspensory effect, provided that the 30-year-old will pay a monetary guarantee of 1,000 euros, until noon on Friday, April 28.

In his statement, the defense attorney of the 30-year-old Mr. George Lionakis states:

“When you have a crime committed by a person belonging to a certain race, as in this case the Roma, sometimes foreigners, etc., it is very easy for someone to generalize and deal with the perpetrator in this light. Fortunately, justice and in this case the current composition of the Court, provide the guarantees of a fair trial where things and actions are placed on their proper basis.

Something like this was proven today as with the new criminal code it would not be a surprise, as the accusation was, that he would be jailed. In any case, it is still unpleasant and reprehensible that incidents of tension occur in schools, especially when young students attend them».