US EditionRetrial in Murder of Slovak Journalist and Fiancee Begins
Businessman Marian Kocner faces a full evidentiary retrial nearly eight years after the 2018 murder of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee, with justice expected to take over a year.
- On Monday, the retrial of Jan Kuciak and Martina Kusnirova returned to court at the Special Criminal Court in Pezinok, marking the third time since their February 2018 murders.
- Before the killing, Jan Kuciak filed complaints about threats tied to Marian Kocner that the General Prosecutor's Office did not act on, while his reporting on the 'Ndrangheta preceded the attack.
- Marcek carried out the killings, shooting Kuciak at close range with a silenced Luger and then killing Kusnirova; Andrusko testified he was offered �50,000 by Zsuzsova, with Szabo and a cousin acting as intermediaries.
- Observers say the retrial is a litmus test for media freedom across Europe as Reporters Without Borders warns victims' families, both 27 at death, have waited nearly eight years and urges the court not to repeat mistakes.
- RSF's analysis frames the trial amid Europe-wide risks from organized crime, noting national authorities' failures to protect journalists as Robert Fico, prime minister, and Tibor Gaspar, former chief of police, return to power.
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The Supreme Court of Slovakia launched a new investigation in the case of the murder of research journalist Ján Kuciak and his nephew Martina Kušnírová, eight years after the crime hit the country and declared protests on the table, writes TVPWorld. Kuciak and...
Kočner's lawyer Para proposed rejecting the transcripts of the reports.
In Slovakia, a new trial has begun for the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak.
Eight years ago, the murder of the investigative journalist Ján Kuciak plunged Slovakia into a state crisis. Now a court is negotiating the case for the third time.
The suspected mastermind behind the murder of a Slovak investigative journalist appeared in court again on Monday, eight years after the crime sparked unrest in the Central European country.
The murder of the investigative journalist Jan Kuciak has already been almost eight years. The murderers are convicted, but the clients are not. The main suspect, Marian Kocner, is acquitted twice. A court demands a third trial. Kocner had a motive.
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