The court decides on the detention of Petr Scholz and four NAKA investigators – PRAVDA.sk

The Regional Court (KS) in Bratislava decides on its closed session on Friday on complaints from four accused investigators of the National Criminal Agency (NAKA) and until recently the head of the Inspection Service Office (ÚIS) Petr Scholz against the decision of the District Court (OS) Bratislava III, who taken into custody.

Detained NAKA investigator Pavol Ďurko arrives accompanied by the police at the Bratislava III Armed Forces on September 15, 2021 in Bratislava.

KS will decide from 9.00 am. The KS Senate decides under the leadership of its President Magdalena Blažová and Senate members Mária Šimková and Danice Veselovská. As this is a closed session, no procedural parties are present at it – neither the defendants nor the supervisory prosecutor of the Regional Prosecutor’s Office (KP) in Bratislava are accused. “The subject matter – the complaints of the accused and the prosecutor – was submitted to the Board of Appeal in Bratislava for decision on September 24,” said TASR spokesman of the Board of Directors in Bratislava Pavol Adamčiak. Pursuant to the Criminal Procedure Code, the statutory time limit for a decision is five working days from the submission of the case for a decision.

Petr Scholtz was taken into collusion by a judge for the preparatory proceedings of OS Bratislava III on 15 September. The judge had previously ruled that NAKA investigators Ján Čurilla, Pavol Ďurko and Milan Sabota would be prosecuted in the same way. Sabot was taken into custody by a judge, Čurilla and Ďurek were taken into custody by a judge for reasons of so-called collusive and preventive detention. Subsequently, on the second day of 16 September, the judge also took the fourth investigator, Štefan Mašín, into collusion.

Four investigators and Petr Scholz were detained by ÚIS investigators on 13 September. They accused them of abusing the authority of a public official and the crime of obstructing justice. Two of them were charged in a criminal case with influencing the veracity of witness statements.

ÚIS is currently headed by Martin Mackovič, Deputy Director. Scholz has been conducting a police inspection since June 11 after former director Adrián Szabó was accused of accepting a bribe. He concluded an agreement on guilt and punishment with the prosecutor, and its approval is to be dealt with by the Specialized Criminal Court on 4 October.