They burned the 61-year-old man alive in 2017, Tirana Prosecutor's Office sends mother, son and his friend to court

The Tirana Prosecutor's Office has sent Marjeta and Besmir Karaj and the latter's friend Gazmir Ngota to court, who are accused of murdering Menduh Kurt-Deda.

 Menduh Kurt-Deda was burned with fuel in "Kodër Shupal" in 2017, while the crime was revealed only a few years later.

In the announcement of the prosecution, it is stated that Marjeta, employed as a secretary in an NGO, had constant disagreements with the deceased, regarding the financing and management of the association's funds.

And in 2017, her son and his friend, at Marjeta's request, took the deceased in the car and transported him to Kodër Shupal.

There they tied him up and pressured him to return a debt that the defendant MK claimed the deceased had. When the victim denied the debt, the two people set him on fire.

 

NOTIFICATION OF THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE

The Tirana Prosecutor's Office sends 3 people to court for the Criminal Offense "Murder with intent" committed in cooperation. The Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of Tirana sends to trial the defendants, MK, BK, and GN, accused of the criminal offense "Murder with intent" committed in cooperation provided by article 76-25 of the Criminal Code.

At the end of the investigation on criminal proceedings no. 4682 dated 21.06.2017, the Prosecutor's Office estimated that the above persons in cooperation with each other committed the criminal offense of "Deliberate murder" to the detriment of the victim MK

On 16.05.2017, in the place called Kodër Shupal, Zall-Bastar, Tirana, a male corpse was found, which, after the act of expertise, was identified as a citizen of MK

From the investigations of the prosecution, it turned out that the MK citizen, employed as a secretary in an NGO, had constant disagreements with the deceased, regarding the financing and management of the association's funds.

In 2017, her son, citizen BK, and his friend, defendant GN, at the request of citizen MK, took the deceased in the car and transported him to Kodër Shupal. There they tied him up and pressured him to return a debt that the defendant MK claimed the deceased had. When the victim denied the debt, the two people set him on fire.

The GN citizen showed remorse and agreed to cooperate with justice by confessing the incident.

From the circumstances and the evidence administered, during the preliminary investigation phase, it was fully proven that the defendants have consumed the elements of the criminal offense "Deliberate murder" committed in collaboration, as provided for and punishable by Article 76-25.