The session at the Court of Appeals in the case “Spijun” has been postponed again today. The reason for the postponement officially, is that part of the defence team for the defendants were absent.
The defence has also submitted a request for the Special Prosecutor take the case.
The defendants have filed appeals to overturn the verdict, where they were all sentenced to prison terms.
The first defendant at the trial was former intelligence officer Marjan Efremov, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison for espionage because, according to the indictment, he had been collecting information for foreign intelligence services.
Beside him in the dock, were accused and convicted former Director of the Directorate for the Prevention of Money Laundering, Vane Tsvetanov, former Police General Goran Stojkov, two intelligence officials active at the time of operation “Spjun” and Marjan Madzovski, the former Chief of Staff to the President Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski.
At the first preliminary hearing the verdict was reached 13 months ago, and the accused received 73 years in prison between them.
