The Greek Supreme Court accepted on Thursday an appeal against a lower court's ruling to refuse a temporary release from prison for Dimitris Koufodinas, a terrorist serving several life sentences for murdering multiple Greek and foreign officials in the country, local media reported
ATHENS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 23rd May, 2019) The Greek Supreme Court accepted on Thursday an appeal against a lower court's ruling to refuse a temporary release from prison for Dimitris Koufodinas, a terrorist serving several life sentences for murdering multiple Greek and foreign officials in the country, local media reported.The motion comes amid mass rallies of anarchists and their threats to perpetrate acts of vandalism. Since early May, when a judicial council in Volos refused to grant Koufodinas a seventh furlough, the anarchists staged dozens of violent attacks. They, in particular, threw Molotov cocktails at police officers, vandalized offices of political parties, burnt down journalists' cars, among other acts.
According to the Ekathimerini newspaper, the Supreme Court's top prosecutor, Xeni Dimtiriou, has proposed revising the lower court's decision, arguing that even criminals serving multiple life sentences can be granted leave, provided they have served a certain portion of time in jail.
The case will now again return to the judicial council in Volos, where another judge will decide on whether to approve the furlough, the news outlet said.
Koufodinas was the head of a Greek radical militant movement called Revolutionary Organization 17 November, which operated from 1975 to 2002. The group is responsible for explosions, robberies as well as the murder of 23 US, UK and Turkish diplomats and military officers, and Greek politicians and businessmen. Koufodinas was arrested in 2002 and got 11 life sentences for staging deadly terror attacks.
