The Constitutional Court has turned down an appeal filed by convicted controversial entrepreneur Marian Kocner against a ruling of the Supreme Court, which sentenced him to 19 years in prison in the case of forged promissory notes in January 2021. Kocner is also currently undergoing a retrial in the case involving the 2018 murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiance Martina Kušnírová. In September 2020 Kocner was acquitted of playing a role in the murder, but in June 2021 the Slovak Supreme Court overturned the acquittal after the supervising prosecutor in the case filed an appeal. Kocner’s retrial is ongoing.
Jonathan McCormick, Photo: TASR
