Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire

Convicted November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros on Friday opted to give a ?political statement? in an appearance before an investigating magistrate rather than offer an explanation regarding his alleged involvement in a thwarted plan to help members of the Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire guerrilla group escape from maximum-security Korydallos Prison last December.

Convicted November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros on Thursday was a granted a new extension in order to give evidence regarding his involvement in an alleged plan to aid members of the Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire guerilla group to escape from maximum security Korydallos Prison last December. He was ordered to face a magistrate on June 5.

The resumption on Friday of the trial of Golden Dawn leaders and members at Korydallos Prison was marred by upheaval after anti-establishment protesters being escorted to an adjacent courtroom for a trial of alleged members of the Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire guerrilla group burst into the premises of the GD trial.

The government on Thursday submitted to Parliament an amendment to be tagged onto the bill foreseeing the scrapping of maximum-security prisons that would allow inmates? partners or relatives who are deemed to be suspects to be held under house arrest rather than in custody.

A bill aimed at decongesting Greece?s overcrowded prisons, which includes a provision foreseeing house arrest instead of detention in some cases, has prompted the vehement opposition of prosecutors who fear it will lead to the uncontrolled release of inmates, but has cheered convicts.

The anti-terrorism squad arrested two people on Thursday as part of its ongoing investigation into an alleged plan to help members of the urban guerrilla group Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire escape from jail.

Officers arrested a 27-year-old man, thought to be an Albanian national, and his 24-year-old wife.

The mother of two convicted members of guerrilla group Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire, Christos and Gerasimos Tsakalos, refused on Wednesday to post the 10,000-euro bail payment that would secure her conditional release, saying she would only pay if the girlfriend of one of her two sons is also released from pretrial custody.

A council of appeals court judges decided on Tuesday to order the conditional release of the mother of two convicted members of the guerrilla group Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire, Christos and Gerasimos Tsakalos.

Police are on the trail of a criminal who is alleged to have played a part in supplying the weapons November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros and other accomplices were due to use to help Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire members to escape from Korydallos Prison.

Counterterrorism officers investigating the apparent links between November 17 convict Christodoulos Xeros and jailed members of Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire believe a plot of land in Neo Peramo, close to Elefsina, served as a bomb-testing area for members of guerrilla groups.