Greek court gives dead man six-month suspended jail sentence

Defence lawyer explains that his client was dead but Thessaloniki court continues with sentencing anyway

A Greek court has convicted a dead man of stealing electricity from a power utility, giving him a six-month suspended jail sentence.

His defence lawyer, Christos Bakelas, told the Thessaloniki court that his client was dead.

He asked to have the trial deferred until he could deliver a death certificate. But the court refused, and on Tuesday convicted the man in absentia.

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