A 16-year-old was arrested early Tuesday morning after a police chase in a suburb of northern Athens. The car was moving with 160 km per hour, Mega TV Live News reported.
The minor driver he is the son of Michalis Katrinis, an MP of main opposition party PASOK, who also made a statement later on Tuesday.
The underage driver who did not a driver’s license, allegedly failed to comply with a traffic light, resulting in a pursuit by officers from the Crime Prevention and Suppression Team (OPKE). In his attempt to escape, the minor entered one-way streets.
When police officers managed to stop the car, they reportedly got out of the patrol cars, approached the suspicious car with their weapons drawn, constantly shouting “sit down” and “turn the engine off!”
When he was stopped, officers found there were five passengers in the vehicle, all minors, aged 14 to 17, one of which had a kitchen knife on him.
Ο μικρός μου γιος οδηγούσε χωρίς δίπλωμα.
Πράξη αδικαιολόγητη και παράνομη.
Ο νόμος ισχύει για όλους.
Ως πατέρας, αισθάνομαι συντριβή και αναλαμβάνω την ευθύνη που μου αναλογεί, χωρίς μισόλογα και υπεκφυγές.
Ως γονείς, είμαστε κοντά στο παιδί μας, με πειθώ, λογική και αγάπη.
Ο…— Μιχάλης Κατρίνης (@michaelkatrinis) December 16, 2025
“My younger son was driving without a license. An unjustified and illegal act. The law applies to everyone. As a father, I feel devastated and I take on the responsibility that falls to me, without mincing words and evasions. As parents, we are close to our child, with persuasion, logic and love.”
It has not been clarified who was the owner of the car.
PS minors spend the night outside their home and the parents are not aware of it…!?
