Appeals justices relax conditions for Golden Dawn leader and wife, end house arrest

Gazzetta team
Appeals justices relax conditions for Golden Dawn leader and wife, end house arrest
An Appeals Justices' Council ruling on Wednesday lifted conditions of house arrest imposed on Golden Dawn leader Nikos Mihaloliakos and his wife Eleni Zaroulia as conditions for their release from prison.

The court ordered that house arrest under 24-hour police guard be replaced by the requirement that both MPs report to their local police station three times a month.

Mihaloliakos, who faces charges of running the Golden Dawn party as a criminal organisation in an ongoing trial, was released from prison after the 18-month maximum period for holding a prisoner on remand had expired.