She made a false report/ The judge is suspended

2024-02-07 15:53:00, Aktualitet CNA

She made a false report/ The judge is suspended

Judge Arnisa Kelliçi

Judge Arnisa Kelliçi has been suspended from office, after being accused of false reporting and forgery.

The prosecutor's office, after the investigations, the inspection of the cameras, and the act of graphic expertise, came to the conclusion that the letter was written by the judge herself, who earlier denounced that the children's lives were threatened.

According to the prosecution, Arnisa Kelliçi wanted to receive benefits, which she is not entitled to, also seeking protection in the High Judicial Council.

Notice of the Prosecution

Denounced that she was threatened and provided protection from the High Judicial Council, the Tirana Prosecutor's Office indicts Judge AK for 'False accusation' and 'Forgery of documents'

The Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction, Tirana, has registered the Criminal Proceeding, no. 552 of 2024, for the criminal offense of "Intimidation of a Judge" provided for by Article 317 of the Criminal Code, with Judge AK

On 20.01.2024 at 11:10 p.m., at the Police Station No. 3, Tirana, Judge AK, who exercises her function at the Court of First Instance of the General Jurisdiction of Tirana, appeared and filed a criminal complaint, criminal chamber .

The judge claimed that in her office, which is located on the third floor, office no. 321, she found that she received a letter by mail, with the text, "Dear Judge A..., you have two children, D…... and R…….. Think about them that you can live and not them and that is heavy. With respect!".

Among other things, the complainant explained that on 20.01.2024 at around 11:00, she went to the office after there was a court session, with the purpose of canceling the security measure. The moment she entered her office, on her desk above the files, she found an envelope and inside it was the letter quoted above, which after reading it, she put it in the safe. There is no other information or suspicions about this letter, but she felt scared because her children's names were used.

As a function of the preliminary investigations, as far as it has been reported, intensive investigations were carried out by the prosecution body with the aim of securing urgent evidence, such as the administration of film footage near the court, the questioning of persons, the taking of free and experimental models, examination and seizures at the institutions as well as the performance of expertise and in the end the conclusion was reached, referring to the circumstances and the act of graphic expertise, that the letter object of the investigation was written by the complainant herself, a citizen of AK

In these conditions, the prosecutor's office has estimated that there is evidence that creates reasonable doubt to attribute to this citizen the criminal offense of "False reporting" provided by article 305 of the Criminal Code, proceeding with the receipt as defendant for this criminal offense.

Also, within the framework of the investigations of this criminal proceeding, the request for protection dated 20.01.2024, sent by judge A. K, was administered to the High Judicial Council, setting in motion this institution, which on 22.01.2024 , decided the physical custody of the AK magistrate and her family, for a period of 3 months.

Under these conditions, it turns out that this judge has submitted to the High Judicial Council data with false content, in order to receive benefits that are not hers.

As mentioned above, the prosecutor's office has decided to charge the AK citizen as a defendant, also for committing the criminal offense of "Forgery of documents" provided by Article 186 of the Criminal Code.

According to the law, the High Judicial Council has also been informed of the above facts.

At the same time, referring to the provisions of articles 78 and 84 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the Prosecution of the Court of First Instance of the General Jurisdiction of Tirana decided to declare incompetence and transfer the acts to the Prosecution of the First Instance of the General Jurisdiction of Durrës. , for further follow-up./ CNA