A 36-year-old German, who was arrested last November in Thessaloniki, was sentenced to 12 years and 3 months in prison for impersonating a police officer allegedly looking for pedophiles, while child pornography material was found in his possession.

The Mixed Jury of Thessaloniki found him guilty of possessing pornographic material with minors and forgery, and after the court’s verdict he returned to prison.

According to the case file, the 36-year-old, at least since 2019, was in Greece and was driving around in a car. car with German license plates. Sometimes he pretended to be the German policeman who serves in a special unit in Greece with the supposed object of identifying pedophiles and sometimes the Greek policeman.

In his statement, the accused (with Greek roots) denied that he was impersonating the policeman and when asked about the specific material, he stated that he did not know that it is illegal in our country. “There is not a single witness who says that I was walking around as a police officer” he said and explained that he was in Greece for family reasons.