On 23 October 2026 a 42-year-old man, the third of three defendants, gave supplementary testimony and was returned to prison. He denied any link to the attack.
The murder charge now includes the terrorist-act aggravation under Article 187A, plus 24 counts of intentional attempted homicide against employees in the branch.
The investigating judge is completing final acts. The file then goes to a prosecutor and a judicial council will rule on referral to a three-member felony appeals court.
The defence lawyer for the 42-year-old called the upgrade a manoeuvre aimed at trial before professional judges rather than a mixed jury court.
In May 2010, an arson attack on a Marfin bank branch on Stadiou Street in Athens killed three employees, including a pregnant woman. The branch was staffed by 24 people at the time of the attack. The case was reopened before the courts after investigators used information and digital evidence, and all three people now charged are held in pre-trial custody. The chart below sets out the key dates reported so far.
Supplementary charges upgraded the existing murder charge, adding that the killings were committed as part of a terrorist act under Article 187A of the Criminal Code. The defendants also face 24 counts of intentional attempted homicide against employees who were inside the branch. According to the case file, a group of about 12 people carried out the attack, with one defendant allegedly breaking the branch window with sledgehammers and another allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails. The woman, 46, is alleged to have played a supporting role. One outlet gave her age as 48, while other reports give 46.
On Wednesday, 21 October 2026, the woman and one of the two 42-year-old men gave supplementary testimony to the investigating judge. The third defendant, also a 42-year-old man, submitted his answers in a written memorandum on 23 October 2026 and denied any involvement in the violence. Reportedly, he also argued that the new charges are not based on any new evidence against him. All three deny involvement in the fatal attack. The defence lawyer for the 42-year-old described the upgrade as a manoeuvre, arguing that it aims to have the case heard by professional judges rather than a mixed jury court, and that it allows court decisions to be reviewed.
The investigating judge is carrying out the final investigative acts before declaring the inquiry closed. The file will then be passed to the competent prosecutor, who will propose how the case should proceed. A judicial council will decide whether the three defendants are referred to a three-member felony appeals court. None of the defendants has been convicted, and their custody is pre-trial.
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The third of three defendants in the 2010 Marfin bank arson case was returned to pre-trial custody on 23 October 2026 after giving supplementary testimony on upgraded anti-terror charges.
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