Greek man convicted for sneaking onto neighbors' properties to smell their shoes

close

Video

Fox News Flash top headlines for October 19

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.

A man in Greece was given a suspended one-month prison sentence after his conviction for disturbing his neighbors by repeatedly sneaking onto their properties and smelling their shoes.

Addressing the court in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on Thursday, the 28-year-old man said he was unable to explain why he entered his neighbors' homes to get a whiff of 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.

FATHER CALLED UK POLICE TO CONFESS TO KILLING DAUGHTER, 10, IN ENGLAND AFTER HE FLED TO PAKISTAN

A man in Greece was given a suspended one-month prison sentence after his conviction for sneaking onto neighbors' properties to smell their shoes. (Getty Images)

The defendant's neighbors also testified that he never displayed any sign of aggression when he visited during the night.

The man was ordered by the judge to attend therapy sessions.

FORMER MEXICAN PUBLIC SECURITY CHIEF GETS MORE THAN 38 YEARS, $2M FINE FOR TAKING CARTEL BRIBES

The man was ordered by the judge to attend therapy sessions. (iStock)

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Shortly before dawn on Oct. 8, the man was arrested in the small town of Sindos after police were called to a home by a neighbor who found the man in his front yard sniffing his family’s shoes that had been left outside to air out.

At least three similar incidents have happened in the past six months, even after neighbors asked the man's family to make him stop entering their property to sniff their shoes.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.