WORLD BRIEFING / GREECE
- Share via
A Greek court convicted a prison guard of misdemeanor negligence charges today for failing to stop the helicopter escape of two convicts, but he was released with a three-year suspended sentence.
Three other guards arrested after Sunday’s breakout were cleared of all charges.
A police manhunt continued for bank robber Vassilis Paleokostas and murderer Alket Rizaj. The two were whisked out of the Korydallos prison in western Athens aboard a helicopter that had been rented and then hijacked at gunpoint by their accomplices. The pair staged an almost identical escape from the same prison in 2006.
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
