7 hours agoWessel's defense request that the prosecution issue the document Karat Tara insisted on The Hague
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(a year ago)In Kosovo Specialised Chambers ( DESK) in The Hague, the court on Tuesday brought down Kadri Wessel's defence request to force the Specialised Prosecutor's Office (ZPS) to release the document, which Ismet Tara insisted on in The Hague, threatening even with no testimony response in the event the Prosecutor offers it. “On [...]
On February 27, 2025, Wessel's defense asked the court to order Z The SP's to extract all the preparation hearing notes received to the W04745 witness. According to Wessel's defense, witness W04745 claimed during his testimony to the court that the ZPS had shown him a document during the preparation hearing and based on the description of the document giving witness W04745, this document may have been a product of the prosecution's internal work”, Judge Charles Smith III said.
In addition, Smith indicated that in her preview, Wessel's defense has said it was surprising to them that he heard that the prosecution's feasibility hearings with witnesses are not recorded, reports “Justice Vow “, followed. Periscope.
Wessel's “Defense argued that he was surprised to learn that the preparation sessions are not recorded in this case as well, it is necessary to issue the note taken from the day the preparation hearing with this witness. Wessel's defence argues that notes are necessary for the court to assess the witness's credibility and understand the reasons why witness W04745 refused to answer SPS questions during the question from the caller side”, Smith said.
As a result, the judge indicated that the prosecution, which has said that the document that was repeatedly repeated by the witness, has been his previous 2001 statement.
On March 4, 2025, Z The SP answered the plea and decided to take him down. According to the SPS, it is clear that the document that repeatedly reiterated the witness is an earlier statement by the 2001 witness, which the defence has in its possession and that Wessel's defence has not presented valid reasons why additional” footnotes are important, he said.
The judge stressed that the recordings during the hearing were revised and that the court estimates there is no reason to accept Wessel's defense request.
The trial “Trup notes that Wessel's defense relies on a certain piece of witness testimony to support its claim that the document in question mentions witness W04745 may be an internal product of SPS. After reviewing the recordings in its entirety, the court decides that there is no reason to accept Veselin”'s defense request, Smith said.
He added it is clear from the testimony of the witness that the document he requested is his 2001 statement and has nothing to do with any SPS internal documents.
It is clear from the testimony of witness W04745 that the SPS feasibility note, the interview of the 2019 witness that the document in effect is the 2001 witness statement the defence has and is not an internal product of the SPS. The court recalls that witness W04745 did not answer SPS questions during the questions they were asked, but these were related to the 2001” statement, he said.
The chairman of the justice body said the reactions the witness made in the courtroom were similar to his earlier reactions when the 2001 statement was presented.
“Therefore, the court is not convinced that the document naming witness W04745 was a footnote or an internal product of SPS, as Veselin's defence team” claims, he said.
As for Wessel's defense preview, which said he was surprised to learn that the preparation sessions are not recorded, Smith said there is already an order for that part.
The trial “Trup recalls that it has examined in detail and overturned a defence request for the SPS to record the preparation hearings with witnesses, and this has been made in the decision on the joint defence requirement for changing the order on the development of the judicial process. This is a request that was dropped on June 18th, 2024. In addition, the court notes in ZPS statements that have given protection to all documents it has read, discussed with witness W047545 during the preparation hearing, are worth”, he said.
The judge said that there is no information about the juro that conflicts with it, as well as therefore, estimated that Wessel's defense request is dropped.
