Retrial against Enver Sekerrakes for inciting the assassination of Triumf Riza

Sekiraqa, in September 2019, was convicted of inciting the murder of the late Riza, for which he had been pronounced a 30-year sentence in length, but in March 2020, the Appeals Court had turned the case into retrial, reports “Justice Voctism”.

The failure of this hearing was the absence of a court member, Judge Lutfi Shala, who, according to the chairman of the court, Judge Agim Red was at another session.

Presented in this session was special prosecutor Haki Gecaj, accused Sekiraqa of his defense, Kosovo lawyer Kelmendi, and injured Shefqet Riza, who has declared that he had not committed representatives, since according to him all lawyers are afraid to protect him.

“I have no representatives who are afraid of coming to the defense, I've been looking for fears, a couple of seven told me no”, said the injured Riza.

The next session is scheduled for January 12, 2021, at 10:00.

Otherwise, the Constitutional Court in Pristina, for the second time on September 16, 2019, had convicted Enver Seker Serkirah of killing former police officer Triumf Riza and had pronounced him a 30-year sentence.

However, the Court of Appeals on March 6, 2020, had decided to approve the Sequirace complaint by turning the case for the second time into retrial, as according to Apelit, the first degree act was taken in violation of criminal procedure provisions.

According to Appeals, the court in the first instance had held the court's amended court and had not begun again. Also, this court has found that the device of the complaint act was unclear, unintelligible and contradictory, while in reasoning according to Apel it had not been given sufficient and clear reasons regarding the crucial facts, as well as the legality of evidence provided by PTK.

Therefore, this court has instructed the first degree court to stress correctly what the incriminating actions the accused Sekiraqa carried out in this criminal case, as well as re-evaluate the legality of the local control “Bar Sekiraqa”, in line with the Criminal Procedure Code in order to assess whether these evidence gathered during local control were acceptable.

Also, this court had instructed that witnesses Abednego Cannolly be heard in the retrial about the role of Sequirah in his group, about people obeying the orders of Sequirah and how he tasked witnesses Canol and Jafer Bislim.

The secret for the same case was sentenced to May 17, 2016, for two criminal acts for “inciting the commission to commit serious murder” and for the “dyrim” with a unique sentence of 37 years in prison, and had been released for criminal work “rape”.

However, the Court of Appeals, on October 24, 2019, had held a hearing concerning the appointment of security measures against Enver Sekirrasqas, as the same court on October 19th, in the evening hours, had released him from custody and had pronounced the measure of house arrest.

For changing the security measure against him, three Appeal judges -- two of EULEX's ranks -- Elka Ermenkova and Anna Adamska-Gallant, as well as local judge Marem Memaj.

But this court, after just two days, had decided to re-enter it again, Enver Sekiraqen, and for that, a photo published on the social network was taken by friends who had visited it after being released from custody.

With this, the second-instance court had estimated that Enver Sekiraqa violated the measure of house arrest he had been assigned.

Otherwise, at the hearing of the Court of Appeals, which was held on September 6th last year, where complaints of the parties were considered, Enver Sekiraqa, had sought to be released from custody and protected in freedom.

And as a guarantee of his release, Sekiraqa had offered his wealth, including his home, establishment, and a sum of money, which he had said would be collected with the help of his family.

The international prosecutor of the Appeals Prosecutor, Anca Stan, at the September 6th session of the Appeals College, had stated that besides the complaint claims, there was nothing to add, but the same had said that the demand of the defence party to exclude some of the crude evidence is wrong.

In April 2014, the Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Kosovo had filed charges against Enver Seker Seker for three criminal acts, for instigating the murder of Triumf Riza, <x0detyrim” and “raped”, where the first-degree court had declared him innocent.

The prosecution claims the incident took place at “Swiss Casino” between Sekiraqa and Riza was one of the motives that led to the killing of Triumf Riza.

The incident at “Sweiss Casino” took place in December 2006, while Enver Sekiraqa and several of his associates were involved on one side, and the late Triumf Riza of Arben Selmani on the other. Arben Selmani was left in this seriously injured incident.

Triumf Riza was killed on 30 August 2007, the murder for which Arben Berisha has been sentenced to 35 years in prison, while Enver Sekiraqa to 37 years.