A 46-year-old woman accused of taking part in the fatal 2010 arson attack on Marfin Bank in central Athens, in which three bank employees died during an arson attack carried out in a general strike protest against austerity measures, spent the night in cells at Attica Police Headquarters (GADA) after being extradited from Britain and arriving in Athens late on Thursday night.

Today, Friday, she is being taken to the prosecutor’s office for the execution of the arrest warrant issued against her, and is then expected to appear before the investigating magistrate to give her testimony on the charges she faces.

The woman arrived in Athens late last night on a flight from London, accompanied by a team from Greece’s Organised Crime Prevention and Confrontation Division. The officers had travelled to London the previous morning to collect her. From the airport, she was taken to the cells at Attica Police Headquarters.

The woman, a mother of two, has lived in Brighton, England, for years. Police investigations found she was one of those involved in the attack on the bank on 5 May 2010, with authorities attributing a supporting role to her. She was arrested at Gatwick Airport on Monday 13 July as she prepared to fly to Athens, after Greek authorities had activated an Interpol red notice against her. She has pleaded not guilty to the charges and said she wished to explain herself before the courts.

The two main defendants in the case are men aged 42. One had a coordinating role and reportedly gave the orders for the attack; the other had an operational role and reportedly smashed the bank’s window so that molotov cocktails could be thrown inside, starting the fire that killed the three employees. Both men are currently being held, in Malandrino and Nafplio prisons respectively.