March 22, 2005
Mar. 22, 2005. 07:50 PMDEDDEDA STEMLER
Madelaine Gierc, 16, is seen in a photograph held by her mother Lael at their home in Duncan, B.C., yesterday. The teenager, in Greece on a school trip, has been held behind bars in Athens for the past two days after picking up a rock at the Acropolis.B.C. teen freed until trial in Greece
ATHENS, Greece (AP-CP) — A Canadian teen arrested on charges of violating Greece's strict antiquity laws has been freed from custody and will be allowed to return home.
Madelaine Gierc, 16, of Duncan, B.C., was arrested Sunday after a security guard saw her allegedly removing a stone from the 2,500-year-old Parthenon at the Acropolis. She was charged with illegally possessing antiquities.
Trip ends in ruins
Investigating Magistrate Melpomeni Chiotou today ruled that she would not be detained pending trial and could leave the country.
Only a former geography teacher, organizer of many student fieldtrips, can appreciate how a teenager is capable of turning the best organized event into a disaster. All my sympathies are with the chaperones and the Greeks.
When in Greece .........!!!!
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