Appeal trial for jailed Golden Dawn leaders to start amid anti-fascist protests

MPs from Greece's neo-Nazi organisation return to court eighteen months after original criminal convictions

The imprisoned protagonists of Greece's once-powerful neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party will seek to overturn prolonged prison terms in an appeals court trial due to open amid anti-fascist protests in Athens this week.

Eighteen months after being convicted of operating a criminal organisation that had masqueraded as a political party, appellate judges will start hearing the case afresh on Wednesday.