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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-03-29
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[01] Golden Dawn MP Pappas released from jail pending trial, as detention
period has expired
[01] Golden Dawn MP Pappas released from jail pending trial, as detention
period has expired
ANA-MPA - Extreme-right Golden Dawn (Chryssi Avgi) deputy Christos
Pappas was released from jail on Sunday, as the 18-month limit of
pretrial detention has expired.
Pappas, one of several Golden Dawn MPs being tried on charges of
participating in a criminal organisation, was released on conditions
and following an order of the Council of Appels Judges, acting on the
recommendation of appeals prosecutor Dimitris Asprogerakas.
The Council also issued restrictions, forbidding Pappas from leaving
the country, travelling outside the region of Attica or by air or sea,
and ordering him to present himself to a police department three times
a month and to spend nights only at his home.
Party leader Nikos Michaloliakos and MP Yiannis Lagos have also been
released at an earlier date, under conditions; they are both allowed to
go to Parliament.
The Golden Dawn trial is scheduuled to open in April.
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