The Basic Court in Pristina has decided on the request of the Special Prosecution of the Republic of Kosovo to impose a detention order in the criminal case against the defendant F.SH., due to the well-founded suspicion that he committed the criminal offense of Espionage.
According to the announcement, the pre-trial judge has approved the request of the Special Prosecution Office of the Republic of Kosovo to impose a detention measure on the defendant F.SH, so that the same is imposed a detention measure for a period of one month.
"After holding the hearing, the court assessed that the imposition of a pre-trial detention measure in this criminal case is an adequate measure, because if the defendant is released, there is a risk of flight, he may evade criminal proceedings and that he will be unreachable for the justice authorities, given that he is suspected of a criminal offense of very high risk, namely the criminal offense of espionage, given that taking into account the gravity of the criminal offense, the manner and circumstances in which the criminal offense was committed, and that initially it should be specified that the criminal offense charged against the defendant F.SH. falls within the chapter of criminal offenses against the constitutional order and security of the Republic of Kosovo, which offense particularly endangers the institutions and functioning of the constitutional order of the Republic of Kosovo."
"The court also considers that if the defendant is released, he may influence evidence and witnesses and may repeat the same criminal offense or may commit other criminal offenses again in the same or more serious circumstances. The court considers that the gravity of the criminal offense is of a serious nature, therefore the imposition of a pre-trial detention measure is a necessary measure in this criminal case and that any other measure would be insufficient for the successful implementation of the criminal procedure, hindering the normal course of this criminal procedure and preventing the repetition of criminal offenses," the announcement states.
Against this decision, the dissatisfied parties have the right to appeal to the Court of Appeal, through the Basic Court in Pristina.
