PPA ex-attorney’s lawyer: The penitent had to manipulate the statements! The police reject it – Topky.sk

The lawyer claims that Kodada corrected the inconsistencies and errors in his statement on the basis of access to the file. “Literally after my client’s testimony, he came to the file to read it and then adjusted his own to correct the inconsistencies my client objected to. The investigator allowed it by granting witness status to Kodad only after Juraj K’s last testimony. so that the penitent can practically carry the file home and prepare adjustments to the statement, ” described by Balco.

Evidence is reportedly available

He added that he had evidence of manipulation of the statements. He reminded that the accusation and indictment of Juraj Kožuch is based on the statement of a penitent who confessed to bribes. The police reject the lawyer’s charges. “Investigators of the Cattle Working Group reject the allegations of any illegal manipulation of the file and the statements of the accused in the said criminal case and will not comment further on the allegations,” responded by the Department of Communication and Prevention of the Presidium of the Police Force (PZ) of the Slovak Republic.

During the event, the National Criminal Agency (NAKA) indicted 21 natural and seven legal entities by mid-July 2020. They all faced charges of corruption and money laundering. The amount of documented bribes reached almost 10.5 million euros. Norbert Bödor, for example, is in the group of accused persons.