Golden Dawn guilty verdicts celebrated across Greece

Ex-leader and MPs found guilty after biggest trial of fascists since Nuremberg

Greece's neofascist Golden Dawn has been convicted of being a criminal organisation in disguise, in a court verdict with ramifications for the far right across Europe that has been met with jubilation in Greece and internationally.

Tens of thousands people who had converged near the heavily guarded court complex in Athens in anticipation of the judgment roared in excitement as the news emerged. Many broke into spontaneous applause and punched the air as it became clear that the three-member tribunal had found the far-right group guilty of operating a gang of hit squads bent on eliminating perceived enemies.