His local community is shocked Volos from the news that parents were holding their 55-year-old son tied up in the yard of their house.
According to magnesianews, the man, who has psychological problems, lived in a shack and defecated in an outdoor toilet.
The case came to light yesterday at the Autophorous Three-Member Criminal Court of Volos, where his elderly Roma parents sat in a chair, accused of illegal detention for a long time.
The judges were surprised to hear the man's living conditions (chained to stay in a shack and when he does not have good weather to enter the house), and sentenced the parents of the victim 75 and 79 years old to 3 years in prison with suspension and a fine of 300 days units, which if they do not pay will serve an additional penalty of 10 months.
The President of the Court called on the accused to find a solution, as their child is not an animal to live chained and called them to address the prosecutor.
Following the conviction of Autoforos, the man's parents submitted a request to the Prosecutor's Office for involuntary hospitalization, while the process of legal assistance was initiated, in the framework of which the social services will investigate the living conditions of the middle-aged man.
In their deposit The groom and the nephew of the family stressed that the accused are taking care of him, but after a car accident that their son had a year and a half ago, as a result of which he injured his leg and arm, his condition worsened.
Already his wife had abandoned him leaving him with 4 children, while they described the man's behavior, saying that he was taking drugs, consuming large amounts of alcohol, in addition to often displaying aggressive behavior in children and adults.
The mother claimed that in the past he was taken to a clinic for treatment, while and his children raised them and married them themselves, since their son was unable to do so. He referred to the financial difficulties, saying that their son receives an allowance of 300 euros per month, while his condition is such that he makes his physical needs on him.
He asked apology from the court and he also said that lives in a shack in the yard of the house, which has an external toilet, being tied with a chain 15 meters long, but when it is cold they host him in their house and concluded that their son needed help.
The accused father of the 55-year-old testified that he bathes him and changes his clothes, admitting that his son is chained in the yard of their house.
Defense attorney Konstantinos Gousis stressed that the elderly couple were accused of tying their child with a chain in the yard of their house.
As he said, the defendants claim that their child is mentally ill for a long time, faces serious alcohol problems and in recent years creates problems in the society of Volos, to minors, adults, compatriots, as a result of the indifference of social services to seek help. .
"Having taken care of the child for 50 years, the parents, in my opinion, wrongly thought that the solution they had to give was to tie a chain in the last days in their yard, so as not to cause problems to others.
"This behavior is criminally infernal, they acknowledged their mistake and apologized, and I hope that today's trial will be an occasion for social services to be more concerned with the problems of people in need.", stressed the defense attorney.
According to Mr. Gousis, the people will be disciplined in what Justice said, they have already submitted a request for involuntary hospitalization of their child before the prosecutor and they hope that he will be taken to a psychiatric institution and receive the necessary care, as they themselves at the age aged 75 and 79, are unable to continue caring for him.
The child of the elderly is 55 years old and his condition is aggravated 30-35 years. The son had four children, raised by their grandparents, who in recent years have been devoted exclusively to the care of their son, who is facing very serious problems.
And other children with problems in the settlement
A neighbor of the elderly couple, in the settlement of Aliveri, claimed that there are other children who face problems, have been reported to the Police and social services and do not help, resulting in the elderly being forced to break the law, so as not to hurt others and young children, which was not necessary in the case of the 55-year-old.
Chrysostomos Frangoulis said that those in charge should help people who have problems, so that parents and sufferers do not experience such miserable situations.
He admitted that there are people in the settlement who need help, they are not chained, but they are dangerous to other people.
"We call the police to help, they take them to the hospital, but in a few days they take them out, while they need more care, with the result that people make a mistake, even if it is their child and the"It hurts," he said.
via: Newsbeast