70-year-old sentenced for sexually harassing teen in polling station

A 70-year-old man has received a suspended six-month sentence for sexually harassing a 19-year-old soldier at a polling station in the northern Greek town of Thessaloniki on Sunday morning.

The misdemeanor court found him guilty of sexual indecency but accepted his clean record as a mitigating factor.

Testifying in court, the 19-year-old said the accused caught up with him while he was looking for his polling booth, and made an inappropriate comment, while touching him on his genitals. "I was shocked and called the police," he said.

The defendant, who reportedly runs the canteen in the school that functioned as a polling station, denied the accusation. After his conviction he appealed and was released.