He chased his 54-year-old sister up the stairs of the apartment building to sign an affidavit, as a result of which she fell and seriously injured her leg.

The reason for a 52-year-old man who, after his sister’s complaint, was referred to trial at the Autonomous Single-Member Misdemeanor Court of Thessaloniki, by which he was sentenced to 6 months in prison, with a 3-year suspension.

The patient came to the court in a wheelchair and during her examination she testified that she broke her leg in three places from the fall, and she had to undergo surgery.

“He rushed up to me yelling “come here you’re not going anywhere” and ran towards me. I quickly left the apartment located on the fourth floor. I started running down the stairs, jumping five by five, while he was chasing me and yelling. There are previous incidents of violence against me and I was scared“, said the complainant.

The 52-year-old denied stalking his sister and admitted following her “quickly” as she went down the stairs to leave.

“It was a reflex action and not a hunt, she was running furiously while I had asked her for something so simple, I was holding the responsible statement in my hand. On the last steps I saw her do a “cute” jump. She jumped the last step and fell as athletes fall, like a ballerina. I never intended to provoke violence or force a situation“, he apologized.