Kováčik met a key witness at court! Former police officer Bernard Slobodník testifies – Topky.sk

According to the indictment, the ex-prosecutor should have accepted a bribe of 50,000 euros from Petr Košč for influencing or blocking the prosecution in two criminal cases investigated by the National Criminal Agency. The transfer and acceptance of the bribe should have taken place in 2016 at the hospital. According to the defense attorneys of Kováčik and Košč, the indictment is unfounded and is the result of a cluster of illegalities. According to them, the investigation of the case had fatal flaws and there was a violation of the law. The key witness, who is the former director of the National Unit of the Financial Police, Bernard Slobodník, who was accused with former police officers in the Óchistec operation, allegedly told an absurd story without internal logic during the preliminary proceedings. Slobodník claims that he was present at the handing over of a bribe to a public official. Slobodník is testifying in court today. archival video Kováčik claims he is innocent “I am innocent,” the defendant Kováčik declared on Thursday. He emphasized that after the charges were filed, he was not allowed to familiarize himself with the entire file and thus his right, as well as the right to a defense, was violated. The law enforcement authorities did not inform his defense attorneys of the names of the witnesses, they only learned of them just before the interrogation, so they could not prepare. Photo gallery (2) Bernard Slobodník
Source: Jan Zemiar “The indictment is based on the testimony of the penitent Bernard Slobodník as well as others who confirm his testimony,” stated the defendant. As he emphasized, “he categorically excludes the handing over of a bribe by Petr Košč, he never took any bribe from him”. After his testimony, he stated that he would not answer the prosecutor’s questions because he did not believe her. He will only respond to the questions of the ŠTS judge. “The indictment is absolutely unfounded and is the result of a huge number of procedural errors, which we summarized today. The deed is fabricated,” emphasized Erik Magál, Dušan Kováčik’s defense attorney. Acts against Peter K. as against the lost.