The trial of ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn, last week deemed a criminal organisation, was adjourned by the Athens Appeals Court until 11 am on Tuesday morning.
The court ruled that there would be no leniency for either the organisation, Giorgos Roupakias, convicted for the 2013 murder of Athens rapper Pavlos Fyssas, nor for those convicted for attacks on Egyptian fishermen and PAME unionists.
The court also found no mitigating circumstances for Golden Dawn leader Nikos Michaloliakos and another six former MPs of the party convicted for establishing and operating “a criminal organisation”. Mitigating circumstances were, however, found for four former MPs.
Ioannis Lagos, a far-right MEP and former member of Golden Dawn, travelled from Brussels to appear in court on Athens. He and 17 former members of Greek Parliament from Golden Dawn were convicted last week of leading a criminal organisation and participating in criminal activities. They face sentences between five and 15 years.
Mr Lagos, currently under immunity due to his representation at European Parliament, lashed out against the three judges hearing the case and made a formal request that they be replaced.
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“I believe that there is a prevailing bias against the defendants and that the judges involved in the case came under direct and indirect pressure from the political establishment,” Mr Lagos told the court.
Outside, ten people affiliated with Golden Dawn activities were arrested for violating a restraining order. They were detailed by police and formally arrested the same day.
The five-year proceedings came to an end on Thursday when the court handed its guilty verdict to the jubilation of most Greeks after five years examining 68 defendants, 18 former MPs and the rest associates of the far-right party, were put on trial for four combined cases.