A three-year prison sentence and a fine of 10,000 euros were imposed by the Chios Three-Member Plenary Court on a 31-year-old Georgian national, who was found guilty of arson by negligence that broke out on Monday in Leptopoda, Chios.
Simultaneously, there was a significant fire occurring in another part of central Chios.
The accused had arrived in Chios only 24 hours prior to the incident to take up employment as a domestic helper for an elderly woman, according to the case file. The fire allegedly started from a half-lit cigarette that she threw on the road, causing a fire in a dry vegetation area.
The court, taking into account the mitigating circumstances, imposed the lower sentence for the offence of causing a fire by negligence. The judgement is immediately enforceable.
