Two women's carefree walk ended in hospital when they were savagely attacked by two "rottweiler" dogs that appeared in front of them. Following a complaint they made to the police. an owner of a factory, who uses the dogs for guarding and from where they seem to have gotten out by exploiting an unfenced area, was accused of negligent bodily harm.
The Thessaloniki Single-Member Plenary Court sentenced him to a total sentence of 12 months imprisonment, suspended for 3 years, without recognizing any mitigating circumstances.
The two female victims, colleagues, aged about 55, described to the Court the incident, which occurred on the afternoon of 20 March in a rural area outside Thessaloniki. "We thought we would not get out alive," they testified, indicating the injuries inflicted by the two dogs (described in the indictment as Rottweilers, but not purebreds).
One of them appeared seated in a wheelchair because of the injuries she suffered, she said. Examined by the bench, she cited ten bite wounds all over her body, pointing out that she was hospitalized for a week at the 424 Military Hospital of Thessaloniki. The second sufferer also suffered injuries, but after receiving first aid she returned home.
For his part, the accused made it clear that the dogs had never shown aggressive behaviour in the previous 1.5 years, since he had been hosting them at the company's premises. According to him, he has them for guarding because the place is secluded and there are frequent break-ins. "It is impossible to fence off the whole area of the factory which is large" he apologized.
Testifying, previously, as a witness his mother said that "during the day we lock them up in a fenced house and at night they run free", while she estimated that they must have gotten out "from around a place we didn't notice".
Source: protothema.gr
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