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Man Sentenced to Prison for Attacking Neighbor with Axe

Published January 23, 2026, 16:11
Man Sentenced to Prison for Attacking Neighbor with Axe

A 39-year-old man in Heraklion, Crete, has been sentenced to 7 years in prison for attacking his neighbor and her child with an axe. The man had damaged the woman's car and shouted that he needed to kill the child, based on a vision he had. The court did not suspend the execution of the sentence, resulting in the convicted man being immediately taken to prison. During the trial, the man exhibited paranoid behavior, shouting for the proceedings to end and verbally attacking the court president.