Greek extremists face life in jail for 30-year spree of killings

FIFTEEN members of the Greek extremist group November 17 were yesterday convicted on charges linked to a 30-year spree of killings including the murder of a British defence attache Brigadier Stephen Saunders in June 2000.

They included ringleader Alexandros Yiotopoulos, 59, who was found guilty yesterday of planning and authorising all the group’s actions and who faces life imprisonment when sentences are handed down next week.

A government spokesman Christos Protopapas welcomed the verdicts, saying “Greece can boast being one of the safest countries in the world” in the run-up to the 2004 Olympic Games.