(ANSA-AFP) - BRATISLAVA, JUN 16 - Slovakia's Supreme Court on
Tuesday overturned the acquittals of a businessman and his
suspected accomplice for the murder of a journalist in a case
that triggered mass protests and toppled the country's previous
government. Well-connected multi-millionaire Marian Kocner and
his alleged accomplice Alena Zsuzsova will now face a new trial
for the murder of Jan Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova,
who were killed in 2018. "I am glad that justice will finally
prevail. I believe that a new verdict will be more just,"
Kuciak's father Jozef said after the ruling. In the ruling,
judge Peter Paluda said the Supreme Court had found "several
mistakes" in the trial and "therefore it returns the case to the
lower court". The victims, both 27, were gunned down at home
gangland-style after Kuciak wrote several stories on graft and
the shady dealings by the influential entrepreneur with ties to
senior government politicians. Reporters Sans Frontieres, an
international media watchdog, hailed the ruling saying on
Twitter that it was "a step towards truth and justice".
(ANSA-AFP).
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