Former judge and current adviser to the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic Robert Fico (Smer-SD) and lawyer David Lindtner is due to appear in court again next week after more than a month’s break. The next dates of the main hearing are set for April 1 and 2 at the Specialized Criminal Court in Banská Bystrica.
David Lindtner he is accused of the crime of interfering with the independence of the court and the offense of indirect corruption from the period when he was still serving as the president of the Bratislava III District Court.
The defendant maintains his innocence and claims that the acts he is accused of did not happen. The criminalization of his person is supposed to have a political background. The prosecutor filed an indictment against David Lindtner in July 2022. The single judge of the ŠTS rejected it, but the prosecutor filed a complaint against it, which was decided by the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic. He annulled the decision of the first-instance court and ordered him to act and decide on the matter again.
