Greece jails two former judges for trial-fixing

Greece sentenced two former judges to lengthy jail sentences for trial-fixing for a wealthy businessman after a nine-month trial in Athens. Court heard there was ring of collaborators that gave preferential treatment to businessman Sotiris Kritikos that was first uncovered in 2004, the Kathimerini newspaper said. Ex-justice Constantina Bourboulia was sentenced to 12 years in prison for her role in the ring, while ex-judge Evangelos Kalousis was sentenced to 20 years and two months, the report said.

ATHENS, Greece, July 4 (UPI) --
The convictions included taking bribes, money-laundering, abuse of power, breach of duty and attempted extortion.

Kalousis was arrested in February 2005 on suspicion of trying to cash a forged traveler's check at an Athens bank. Bourboulia was arrested in Paris in January 2006 after spending four months on the run, Kathimerini said.

Kritikos was also convicted on several charges, but his sentencing was suspended pending an appeal, Kathimerini said.

The photo shows RHADAMANTHYS, MINOS & AIAKOS the three judges of the dead, underworld demi-gods of the underworld. They were originally mortal men, sons of the god Zeus, who were granted their position after death as a reward for the establishment of law on earth.

Aiakos was the guardian of the keys of the Haides and the judge of the men of Europe, Rhadamanthys was lord of Elysion and judge of the men of Asia, and Minos was the judge of the final vote. Some say there was a fourth judge Triptolemos who presided over the souls of the Initiates of the Mysteries. The mortal lives of the three netherworld Judges is not detailed here.

The name of Aiakos was appropriately derived from the Greek words aiaktos, aiazô, meaning wailing and lamentation.

06.07.2008