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This decision will also determine the sentences to be announced, probably early next week.
The court suspended the proceedings on Thursday night and will meet again at 11:00 today with the speeches / deuterologies of the defendants’ lawyers. The court will then decide on mitigating factors..
The procedure will continue with the Prosecutor’s proposal on the sentences. The final verdict of the Court is expected on Monday.
During the process on Thursday, the prosecutor Adamantia Oikonomou requested the recognition of spotlights handed over to three former deputies and any other defendant who found guilty of belonging without having any other criminal act related to the organization.
The prosecutor clarified that this does not concern the seven former deputies who were found guilty of running a criminal organization and other defendants such as George Roupakias, both convicted of Assassination of Lukman, the associates in Assassination of fyssa, those condemned by Antipnea, Workshop, accused of assaulting fishermen etc.
In particular, it rejects requests for recognition of mitigating factors for Nikos Michaloliakos, Christos Pappas, Ilias Kasidiaris, Giannis Lagos, George Germeni, Elias Panagiotaros Y Artemis Mattheopoulos. In other words, his proposal does not concern those guilty of running a criminal organization.
Initially, the prosecutor requested that the mitigation of legal life be recognized only for former members of the Golden Dawn convicted. Stathis Boukouras, Dimitris Koukoutsis Y Chrysovalanti Alexopoulos. The three former deputies have been convicted solely of the crime of affiliation to a criminal organization, which is not accompanied by any other criminal act. For the rest of the condemned, the prosecutor had requested the rejection of all mitigating circumstances.
Previously, the prosecutor in her brief statement highlighted:
“It would be contradictory, on the one hand, to recognize with their decision that they are directed against the democratic state and society as a whole and, on the other, to grant them relief.”
However, after the deuterologies of the lawyers and the presentation of new applications, the prosecutor’s proposal changed.
Defense counsel objections
Mrs. Economou’s initial proposal caused an explosion in its bearings defense lawyers and the voices of the lawyers, who addressed the court, each saying the name of their client, stating that they also belong to this case.
One of the attorneys for Nikos Michaloliakos and Eleni Zaroulia, Takis michalolias, cried:
“Madam President, Madam President, what are we listening to? And Zaroulia is in this case and others are in this case.
-President: Calm down, calm down please.
-Michalolias: No, Madam President, we are not going to calm down. We calm down a lot as it seems. “
The prosecutor intervened in the verbal confrontation, explaining to the court that the specific mitigation was provided by only the three defendants.
The president turned to the defense and said:
“Because they asked, do you understand?”
Then the defense began to shout:
“Fine, then let us send it to you too.”
Then the court suspended the session to make similar claims.
When he returned to his seat and before the lawyers could speak, the prosecutor requested the relief granted to the three former deputies and any other defendant who was found guilty of belonging without having any other criminal act related to the organization.
At the proposal of the prosecutor and according to the provisions of the procedure, the floor is given to the defendant’s lawyers. It is emphasized that the final decision on recognition or non-mitigation It belongs to the seat of the court.
It should be noted that the Greek Justice ruled unanimously that Golden Dawn is a criminal organization “dressed in the mantle of a political party”, according to the referral panel of the case.
The “7” of Golden Dawn’s leading team, if the court finally imposes immediately executable statements you will be taken to a special wing of Korydallos Prison.
Availability for arrests
At the same time, Authorities are on standby to proceed with the arrest of the convicted Golden Dawn members as soon as a warrant is issued.
If convicted Golden Dawn members do not show up at police stations to surrender, authorities will make arrests.
In order not to prevent the possibility of their escape, the police have placed many of the accused under surveillance.
