Prendi under house arrest

Another court left in act the house arrest measure, under constant police custody, initially issued by the Court of First Degree.

The Court of Appeal refused the fourth Prosecution request for sending the former National Guard Commander to prison.

The first cause was the withdrawal of one of the judge panel members, Dalip Bushi, who declared that he was leaving the case due to a conflict of interest, since his children were employed at the Prosecution.

Judge Bushi was replaced by Judge Shkelqim Miri, but in the next session, the defense lawyer Genc Gjokutaj presented a request for exlcuding Judge Zeqine Sollaku from this case.

The lawyer mentioned a 2006 conflict between her husband (the former General Prosecution, Theodhori Sollaku) and General Ndrea Prendi, who changed the General Prosecutor’s bodyguards without his consent. However, the Judge refused to withdraw.

Judge Artur Kalaja was assigned to review the stances of both parties, and he decided to exclude Sollaku from the case and replaced her with Judge Agron Papajani.

The new Judge Panel, led by Judge Hysni Demiraj, was completed for the next session.

But the Prosecutor’s Altin Dumani request for keeping the former National Guard Commander in prison until trial was not taken in consideration, although he had presented the document which confirmed that the weapon that killed one protester was withdrawn with a request that was signed by the General.

FBI was the one to assert that the same weapon was used on January 21st for killing Faik Myrtaj. The court session was followed with interest by US Embassy representatives, who were also present in the previous sessions.

The Prosecution now can as recourse at the Supreme Court.

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