13 Jan 2014

Golden Dawn MPs being held in custody

6:56 am on 13 January 2014

A court in Athens has ruled that two Greek members of parliament belonging to the Golden Dawn movement will be held in custody.

Giorgos Yermenis and Panayiotis ILiopoulos were placed in pre-trial detention on Saturday on charges of joining and directing a criminal organisation.

Three other Golden Dawn MPs including the group's leader, are already in prison.

And another three have already been charged in connection with an investigation prompted by the murder of an anti-fascist musician in September.

Golden Dawn has 18 members in parliament. Immunity has been lifted for those charged.