House arrest for Greek police officer accused of shooting Roma teenager

Relatives and other protesters from the Roma community chant slogans outside the courthouse (AP)

A Greek police officer accused of shooting and seriously injuring a Roma teenager during a chase over an allegedly unpaid petrol station bill will remain under house arrest, after a prosecutor and an investigating judge disagreed on whether he should be detained until his trial.

About 200 protesters from the Roma community were gathered outside the courthouse in Greece’s second-largest city of Thessaloniki on Friday, where the 34-year-old officer appeared amid tight security.