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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (5128)	2/24/2009 9:49:11 AM
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5 to appear in Greek court over helicopter escape 3 hours ago ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Four prison guards and a pilot are due to appear in a Greek court Tuesday charged with negligence over the helicopter escape of two convicts from a maximum security prison in Athens. They face misdemeanor charges, for allegedly failing to foil the escape. The Justice Ministry has suspended eight prison guards over Sunday's spectacular jailbreak, which embarrassed Greece's government and prompted a prison policy overhaul. A manhunt has yielded no trace of the fugitives — bank robber Vassilis Paleokostas and convicted murderer Alket Rizaj, an Albanian immigrant. Both were whisked out of the Korydallos prison in western Athens in a helicopter rented and hijacked at gunpoint by their accomplices. The pair staged an almost identical escape from the same prison in 2006. Authorities believe prison employees may have been bribed to assist the escape. Paleokostas, 42, has been charged with kidnapping a prominent industrialist last year while on the run after his first helicopter escape, and police believe the fugitive managed to stash away much of the multi-million-euro ransom paid. Justice Minister Nikos Dendias has ordered an examination of the bank accounts of all guards in the section where Paleokostas and Rizaj were held. "The government believes that the operation could not have succeeded without participation from within," Dendias said after a Cabinet meeting on the escape Monday. The Cabinet also decided on legislation forcing anyone buying prepaid cards for mobile phones to provide identification, after authorities said the convicts may have coordinated with their accomplices from inside prison using untraceable pay-as-you-go cell phones. Transport and Telecommunications Minister Evripides Stylianides will meet mobile phone company officials later Tuesday to discuss the proposed measure. Paleokostas was serving prison sentences of more that 25 years for a 1995 kidnapping, several robberies and arms possession. Rizaj, 34, was serving a life term for murder. He has also been charged with carrying out two contract killings while on the run after the June 2006 helicopter escape. He was recaptured that September. google.com

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