Thessaloniki woman gets 10-month suspended sentence over neighbour's cat injury

The single-member Misdemeanour Court of Thessaloniki heard the case after a complaint from the cat's owner. According to the complaint, the woman struck the animal with a metal broom handle in October 2024, causing a severe fracture of its right hind shin. The cat needed surgery, during which a metal plate was fitted to repair the bone.

The court convicted her of cruelty to a companion animal, damage to another person's property, insult and threats. It accepted her previous clean record as a mitigating factor. The property damage charge was tied to the cost of the cat's operation and hospital stay. The insult and threat charges relate to remarks she allegedly made to the owner after the incident, according to the complaint. In her defence, the woman denied any involvement in the injury and rejected the claim that she caused it.