Criminal prosecution for child endangerment has been filed against the mother of a 5-year-old who spent at least an hour yesterday, Tuesday (29/4) throwing objects onto the street from the balcony of his home in Thessaloniki, fortunately without injuring himself or anyone else.
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The 25-year-old was arrested for leaving her 5-year-old son alone in their home on Vasileos Georgiou Street in Thessaloniki, resulting in the child going out onto the sixth-floor balcony and throwing various objects.
Thessaloniki: Criminal charges filed against mother of 5-year-old who threw objects from balcony
The young woman was referred to appear before the Summary Single-Member Court of Thessaloniki, while the child is being cared for by a family friend. As she told police during preliminary questioning, she went to the doctor because it was an emergency. She emphasized that she had notified a woman to go to the house and watch the child, however, she did not show up. The charge against her is child endangerment.
The timeline
The little boy was alone at home on Vasileos Georgiou Street in eastern Thessaloniki and had gone out onto the balcony of his home on the 6th floor of the apartment building, from where he was throwing whatever he could find inside the house and on the balcony that he could lift. Among these were several household appliances, including a vacuum cleaner, while he had taken the hose and was soaking passersby!
It was the passersby who notified the police, who rushed to the scene. A major operation was mounted by the Hellenic Police with officers gaining access to the 6th floor balcony from the roof. There they found the 5-year-old alone and led him to safety.
