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Hiding in England for years, the appeal sentences Hektor Mahmutaj to 21 years in prison

Politiko 2023-06-15 16:54:36

Hiding in England for years, the appeal sentences Hektor Mahmutaj to 21 years in

The Court of Appeal sentenced Hektor Mahmutaj to 21 years in prison this Thursday for the murder of a farmer in Fier in 1997.

Mahmutaj was extradited from England on September 1, 2020, where he had gone hiding in a truck and used 13 different identities.

In July 1997, Mahmutaj shot and killed Gentjan Jahaj, in the place called "Kurrizi i Sinani", where the national road joins the road of Kutë village, Fier.

On April 14, 2000, the Court of Fier sentenced him to 25 years in prison in absentia for the charge of murder "Premeditated murder" and "Unauthorized possession of combat weapons"

Ten years later, the convict submitted a request for a review of this decision and on October 23, 2020, the Court of the Fier Judicial District decided to accept the request and sent the case for retrial with another panel at the Court of First Instance of the Fier Judicial District.

On March 11, 2022, the Court of Fier found him guilty and sentenced him to 25 years of imprisonment, in an institution for the execution of criminal decisions of ordinary security.

The 47-year-old appealed the decision, asking to be declared innocent.

On June 14, 2023, the Court of Appeal, composed of the panel with Judge Relator Genti Dokollari and members Iliba Bezati and Fuat Vjerdha, decided: to uphold the decision and finally sentenced him to 21 years in prison.

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