- At the ŠTS in Pezinok, the trial in the case of the murder of Ján Kuciak continues.
- The defendant Marian Kočner is awaiting questioning, the hearing starts at 8:30 a.m.
- Kočner and Zsuzsová are facing indictment for ordering the murder of Kuciak and Kušnírová.
The trial in the case of ordering the murder of journalist Ján Kuciak and in the case of the preparation of murders of prosecutors is to continue on Friday at the Specialized Criminal Court (ŠTS) in Pezinok with the questioning of the defendant Marian Kočner. The main hearing is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m.
In the case of the murder of Kuciak from February 2018, in which his fiancee Martina Kušnírová also died, the couple is facing indictment on her order Marian Kočner and Alena Zsuzsová. The Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic annulled the previous two judgments. The case was brought to the ŠTS for the third time. The perpetrators of the murder, Miroslav Marček and Tomáš Szabó, were previously given 25-year non-parole sentences, Zoltán Andruskó 15 years without parole.
In addition to Marian Kočner and Alena Zsuzsová, Dušan K. and Darko D. are facing indictment for preparing the murders of the prosecutors. According to the indictment, the order for the murders of Maroš Žilinka and Daniel Lipšic should have come in the fall of 2017. In the case of Petr Šufliarske in 2018. However, they were not implemented.
