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Nitra businessman Norbert Bödör, who is being prosecuted in several cases, was supposed to stand trial in another case. According to the indictment, this businessman gave a bribe of 50,000 euros to high-ranking police officials so that they would leave Štefan Žiga, who is a relative of ex-minister and deputy speaker of the parliament Petr Žiga, out of the economic case known as Valčeky.
Norbert Bödör, who has denied guilt from the beginning, did not come to court on Monday morning, when the main hearing was supposed to open. On Sunday evening around 9:30 p.m., he excused himself due to illness. However, he agreed to proceed in his absence. But not complete, but only partial. He insists that he wants to be at the hearings of most of the witnesses and ask them questions.
Judge Pamela Záleská summoned Bernard Slobodník, Petr Petrov, Štefan Žiga and Deputy Speaker of Parliament Petr Žiga as witnesses for today’s hearing. But he did not come to the hearing. He excused himself due to urgent work duties. This should be his participation in the parliament during the dismissal of the Minister of Culture Martina Šimkovičová.
Judge Pamela Záleská decided that without the defendant Norbert Bödör there would be no main hearing. “The court has encountered a legal obstacle, due to which the main hearing cannot be opened. For this reason, the main hearing will be adjourned at 9:35 a.m.,” judge Záleská let herself be heard. She scheduled the main hearing for February 19. For this term, she once again summoned well-known names from major cases.
The interesting thing is that if the new criminal law comes into force, Norbert Bödör will no longer stand before Judge Záleská. The businessman from Nitra was accused more than three years after the act was supposed to have happened. And for the amount of the bribe, which in this case is 50,000 euros, the statute of limitations is three years. Norbert Bödör’s case will be time-barred after the new Criminal Code comes into force.
source: TASR Jaroslav Novák-Bernard Slobodník confirmed to the media that he will testify as in the preliminary proceedings.
Crown witness Bernard Slobodník was not very talkative before the hearing. He responded only briefly to journalists’ questions. But he confirmed that he will adhere to the statement from the preliminary proceedings. It is in it that he describes Norbert Bödör’s 50,000 bribe to police officials.
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