Judges swipe at government

‘DIRTY’ ATTACKS: ANGRY ABOUT CRITICISM AFTER STUDENT IS SENT TO JAIL

Greece rulers attempt to ‘subjugate and control justice’.

Judges in Greece have reacted angrily to a blunt barrage of government criticism over recent court rulings, comparing the “dirty” attacks to authoritarian crackdowns in Turkey and Poland.

The government “is systematically attempting to subjugate and control justice,” the association of judges and prosecutors protested over the weekend.

“Ministers and lawmakers launch baseless accusations daily ... they seek to erode the prestige of the Greek justice system ... following the example of Turkey and Poland,” they said.

The row erupted after a court earlier this month jailed a young graduate student accused of links to far-left extremist groups.

The 29-year-old was handed a 13-year prison sentence in June as a suspected accomplice of the Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei group.

Police say they matched her to a partial fingerprint on a gun clip found hidden with other weaponry in an Athens park in 2011.

The controversial move to jail her sparked street protests earlier this month, some of them attended by members of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ own leftist party Syriza.

A number of his ministers and lawmakers have also attacked justice over the ruling. –