In Greece, a man was given a one-month suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of disturbing his neighbors by sneaking into their properties and sniffing their shoes.
Addressing the court in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on Thursday, the 28-year-old man said he could not explain why he entered his neighbors' houses to smell their shoes and said he was embarrassed by his behavior .
He said he had no intention of breaking the law or harming anyone during the incidents, according to the Associated Press.
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In Greece, a man was sentenced to a month's suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of sneaking into his neighbors' properties to sniff their shoes. (Getty Images)
The defendant's neighbors also testified that he never showed any signs of aggression when she visited him during the night.
The judge ordered the man to attend therapy sessions.
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The judge ordered the man to attend therapy sessions. (iStock)
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Shortly before dawn on October 8, the man was arrested in the small town of Sindos after a neighbor called police to a home and found the man in his front yard sniffing at his family's shoes that had been left outside to ventilate them.
At least three similar incidents have occurred in the past six months, even after neighbors asked the man's family to stop him from entering their property to sniff their shoes.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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