Trial in Donovaly and Bac Cases with Marian K. Due to Resume on 1 August

Banska Bystrica, 2 July (TASR) - The trial in the Donovaly and Bac cases is scheduled to resume at the Specialised Criminal Court (STS) in Banska Bystrica on 1 August, TASR learnt from the attorney of defendant Marian K. on Wednesday. As attorney Michal Mandzak further explained, the STS ruled on other co-defendants in the case by order from 14 August 2024. "Some of the procedural parties filed a complaint against this order, which the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic ruled on by dismissing it," he added. Dates for the main hearings are also scheduled for 7, 8 and 11 August, according to the schedule published on the Justice Ministry's website. The indictment filed with STS by a prosecutor of the then special prosecutor's office in June 2023, concerns excessive VAT deductions amounting to more than €8 million used in connection with the sale of real estate in the village of Donovaly (Banska Bystrica region) between several trading companies. In addition to the crime of the failure to pay taxes and insurance levies, the indictment also concerns the crime of damaging a creditor in connection with a public auction of the golf course near the village of Bac (Trnava region), for which the damages reportedly reached almost €3 million. lin/mcs