Marián Kočner and suspected accomplice accused of 2018 murder of reporter and fiancee, which prompted huge protests
Slovakia’s
Supreme Court has overturned the acquittals of a businessman and his suspected accomplice for the murder of a journalist in a case that triggered mass
protests and toppled the country’s previous government.
Well-connected multimillionaire Marián Kočner and Alena Zsuzsová will now face a new trial for the murder of Ján Kuciak and his fiancee, Martina Kušnírová, who were killed in their home in 2018.