for A Slovak court will, on Monday, a 42-year-old man was sentenced to a prison sentence of fifteen years for his involvement in the murder of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, The Kusnírová. The guy that got the penalty as part of a deal with prosecutors.
Kuciak and Kusnírová in February 2018 and shot to death in their home in the Slovak capital of Bratislava. The killings have led to mass demonstrations, against corruption in the Central European country. It is expected that the case will also have a role to play in the next parliamentary elections, which will be in February of next year.
In total, five people have been charged in the case of the murder of the couple.
The guy on Monday, his sentence was heard, T. Andrusko, it was the only one of the five who are released by, and acting as a witness, in exchange for a sentence remissions. He also helped to organize the killings.
Andrusko with the prosecutor agreed that he had a prison sentence of up to ten years, it would have been better, but the court drew a line through that price and asked for a longer sentence for that. Andrusko was agreed to.
“the court considers it extraordinary, it reduced the punishment to be justified and make sense, but that the court should make her decision not only to do justice to the accused, but also to all aspects of the business, society, and the rule of law”, said the judge, Ms. Zaleska, according to the newspaper, Denník N.
the Other suspects are at risk for lifelong,
the trial of the four defendants began on the 19th of december, and in January it will resume. One of them is a businessman Marian Kocner. He was involved in the work of the investigative journalist Kuciak about cases of fraud involving businessmen with political connections are involved. According to the plaintiffs, gave Kocner ordered the murder of Kuciak. He and his three fellow suspects deny involvement. They are risking life-long prison sentences.
The case is viewed as a test of the independence of the judiciary in the Slovak republic, as the investigation into the murder of Kuciak and Kusnírová relationships between Kocner, and high-ranking figures in the police and in the service of the device uncovered.
The public’s anger over the killings that led to last year and the resignation of the prime minister, Robert Fico. His party, Sea, is, according to the polls, exciting elections, to meet on the 29th of February.
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