The wealthy businessman Marian Kocner accused of having ordered the murder of an investigative journalist in February 2018 which upset Slovakia was judged Thursday September 3 not guilty of this crime by the court of Pezinok (west) .
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The crime was committed but it has not been proven that Marian Kocner and Alena Zsuzsova ordered the murder,
" said Judge Ruzena Sabova who presided over the court. "
The court therefore acquits the accused,
" he said. she adds.