The Regional Court in Bratislava is to decide on Monday (March 16) whether the accused police officers Ján Čurilla and Pavol Ďurka will be prosecuted in custody or at large. The City Court of Bratislava I released them from detention on March 6. However, the prosecutor filed a complaint against this decision, which will be decided by the second-instance court. Ján Čurilla Pavel Ďurka was detained on March 3 by the police inspection as part of the action Penitent.
Last week, Judge Tomáš Hajduk released the couple from detention because the prosecutor of the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Trnava filed a motion for their custodial prosecution in a non-jurisdictional court. At the same time, the judge questioned the validity of the accusation and the declared reasons for detention.
Motion to arrest police officers Ján Čurilla and Pavel Ďurka, who are accused of abuse of authority of a public official and extortion, given by the investigator of the Inspection Service Office for collusive reasons. He was therefore afraid that they could influence witnesses, experts, co-accused or otherwise thwart the investigation. The prosecutor agreed with the initiative and filed a petition for detention with the court on March 5.
As part of the Kajúcnik action, the police inspectorate arrested and charged four current and two former police officers and one civilian on March 3. These are accusations of blackmail and abuse of the authority of a public official, which were allegedly committed in an organized manner. Other detainees, including the prosecutor of the General Prosecutor’s Office of the SR Michal Š. whether police officers Branislav D., Róbert M. and Roman S. were released on March 4 after interrogation. Those prosecuted will be released.
