Golden Dawn trial – all 42 defendants found guilty again on appeal
The Five-Member Court of Appeals for Felonies, which heard the case at second instance regarding the long-running and violent activities of the criminal organization Golden Dawn, declared all 42 defendants guilty, as in the original trial.
As announced by the presiding judge, those found guilty of directing the criminal organization are: Nikos Michaloliakos, Ilias Kasidiaris, Ioannis Lagos, Christos Pappas, Ilias Panagiotaros, Giorgos Germenis and Artemis Matthaiopoulos.
The remaining 11 former MPs — Antonios Gregos, Eleni Zaroulia, Polyvios Zisimopoulos, Panagiotis Iliopoulos, Nikos Kouzilos, Dimitris Koukoutsis, Nikos Michos, Konstantinos Barbarousis, Stathis Boukouras, Chrysovalantis Alexopoulos and Michalis Arvanitis — were found guilty of membership in a criminal organization.
Among the other defendants convicted of membership in the criminal organization are the murderer of Pavlos Fyssas, Giorgos Roupakias, the Perama local cell leader Anastasios Pantazis and the Nikaia local cell leader Giorgos Patelis.
Regarding the murder of Pavlos Fyssas, apart from the perpetrator Giorgos Roupakias, 14 other defendants were found guilty as accomplices to homicide. These are: Ioannis Aggos, Marios Anadiotis, Giorgos Dimou, Ioannis Kazantzoglou, Elpidoforos Kalaritis, Ioannis Komianos, Konstantinos Korkovilis, Anastasios Michalaros, Giorgos Patelis, Giorgos Skalkos, Giorgos Stabelos, Leontas Tsalikis and Nikolaos Tsorvas.
For the attack against Egyptian fishermen in Perama, all five defendants were found guilty of attempted homicide. They are: Dimitris Agriogiannis, Markos Evgenikos, Thomas Marias, Anastasios Pantazis and Konstantinos Papadopoulos.
The proceedings continue with statements from defense lawyers regarding mitigating circumstances.
