Sýkorovec Vida confirmed that he paid a bribe to the former judge Jankovská – SME

The court heard without Jankovská. TRNAVA. Without the personal participation of the accused former state secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Monika Jankovská, the hearing in the case of extortion of Michal Vida, who in the past belonged to the criminal group Sykorov, continued at the District Court in Trnava. Article continues under video advertisement Article continues under video advertisement In addition to Jankovská, her saint Peter Vasko and former police official Róbert Krajmer are also defendants in this case. The only one who came to court today, Jankovská and Vasko agreed to the hearing without their presence. Related article Related article Jankovská did not listen to the key testimony against herself. It would allegedly endanger her life Read They threatened me, Vida explains why he changed the statement about Jankovská Vida initially spoke about the criminal activities of the former judge and later state secretary Jankovská, Vasko and other people from 2015. However, in 2018, he turned around and completely changed his statements. In the witness position at the court today, he stated that they threatened him with long-term imprisonment. “Peter Vasko told me that if I do not change my attitude and cooperate according to their notes, they will make sure that I end up in prison for sixteen years,” he replied Vida, to the question of prosecutor Ondrej Repa, why he changed his statement in March 2018. Vida also stated that Peter Vasko had materials from “live” files from courts and preliminary proceedings. Later, according to him, threats of physical liquidation also came. Today in court, Vida repeated again that in 2001, as a judge of the District Court in Trenčín, he personally brought a bribe of three million Slovak crowns to Monika Jankovská. According to him, the bribe was part of a plan to acquire a lucrative property in Trenčín, which was owned by businessmen Ondrej Janíček and Jozef Strelčík, which was also successful then. Jankovská did not come to the hearing Jankovská did not come to the hearing, just like in September, the reason being her poor health. However, according to her lawyer Petr Erdős, she wants to testify. “My client declared to the court that she wants to testify in this case and wants to participate in the hearing. It was primarily her doctor who currently did not recommend her to participate in any investigative actions,” said Erdős.