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Politiko 2025-04-27 14:11:09

Murder of Xhulio Prela, Court of Appeals requests SPAK's conversations with

As part of the investigation into the murder of police officer Xhulio Prela, the Court of Appeals has requested information from the Special Prosecution Office (SPAK) regarding wiretapping on the 'Sky ECC' platform.

It was reported that the Appeal is requesting the SKY ECC conversations of Ervis and Brilant Martinaj.

We recall that the Court of Appeal is reviewing the criminal file against Redion Hysa and Nikollë Sherrnik regarding the murder of police officer Prela, who was killed in 2020.

Although the Prosecution had requested 20 years in prison for Redion Hysa, he was found not guilty by the Lezha Court on the charge of murdering the police officer.

Meanwhile, Nikollë Sherrniku, who had close ties to Ervis Martinaj, is accused of creating the conditions to commit murder in connection with this event.

Brilant Martinaj, Ervis Martinaj's first cousin, was initially charged with the murder of Xhulio Prela. Later, the prosecution dropped the charges against him and arrested Hysa.

During the review of the file in the General Jurisdiction Appeal, the testimonies of the police officers who investigated the case were taken, at a time when the court decided to request from SPAK the possible conversations on Sky ECC at the time the incident occurred, between Ervis Martinaj and his late cousin Brilant Martinaj, and whether these two or other users had talked about the crime and whether they implicated the two defendants Hysa and Sherrniku.

After administering this evidence, the Appeals Chamber will also sign its verdict regarding the two defendants.

Xhulio Prela was killed while returning from Shkodra to Tirana, after accompanying a relative of his. Referring to security camera footage, the only vehicles that appear to have been driving on that road for a long time, due to the restrictions imposed by the Covid pandemic, are the one driven by Xhulio Prela and the second by Brilant Martinaj.

The latter is proven by security cameras at a gas station very close to where the crime occurred, where Martinaj, dressed in military uniform, is stopped and refuels the car.

Brilant Martinaj was executed on July 17, 2022 at the Fushë Krujë overpass along with his two friends, and after the mafia assassination, the Lezha court acquitted Redion Hysa of the charges, after nearly two years in detention.

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