Leader of Greek far-right Golden Dawn party jailed pending trial

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By Renee Maltezou and George Georgiopoulos ATHENS (Reuters) - The leader of Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party was sent to jail pending trial on charges of belonging to a criminal group, a court official told Reuters early on Thursday, the first such action in decades against an elected party chief. Golden Dawn leader Nikolaos Mihaloliakos appeared before investigating magistrates and a prosecutor during a six-hour plea session to respond to charges of founding and participating in a criminal organization. "He will be jailed pending trial," the court official said on condition of anonymity. ...




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