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Riga, July 11, LETA. Ilona Rukė, a judge of the Vidzeme District Court, imposed a mandatory fine of EUR 200 on Nils Ušakovs (S), President of the Municipality of Riga, for having testified in court against the publication of the electronic correspondence Ušackova
. . Initially, Usakov was scheduled to appear in court on July 4, but he told the court that he was on leave and that he could not do it. On the other hand, Usakov was unable to attend the court sitting because he had asked the court to postpone his hearing because he was scheduled to hold two meetings of the Riga City Council
. Prosecutor's Office and the defense tried to declare this claim unfounded. starts at 12, and the beginning of the court session was scheduled for 10 am
The decision on forced payment Ušakov can not appeal.
Ruke also decided that the procedure for the examination of the evidence would change.
The hearing of the former employee of Ushakov's office, whose one of the responsibilities was to maintain the account of Uchakov's mail on gmail.com
was heard by the prosecutor's office, but the prosecutor in charge, Vita Ozoliņa, asked because of the fact that the case will be examined by personal correspondence of Ushakov, thereby violating his right to privacy . Ozoliņa pointed out that during a public hearing, she would not be able to ask complete questions, protecting the rights of individuals to privacy. The accused Leonid Jakobson and his lawyers opposed the hearing in camera
After a hearing of both parties, the judge ruled that the proceedings would be held in camera
The Regional Court Riga has already canceled the Vidzeme Regional Court on September 20, 2007, and sent the case for a new hearing.
Jakobson was charged under section 144 (1) of the Criminal Code – violation of correspondence, information transmitted over telecommunications networks and other information secrets. Such an offense may be punishable by imprisonment for up to three years or forced labor, or a fine of up to 50 years. times the minimum monthly salary. The defendant Jacobson does not blame his guilt.
In December 2011, state police sought a criminal case against Uzhakov's email at Jakobsons' home, the representative of kompromat.lv, in Riga. During the search, several data carriers and two computers were deleted. The police arrested Yakobson for 48 hours
The criminal procedure police started on November 23, 2011, after receiving a request from Ushakov
The portal "Kompromat.lv" published the e-mails. Usakov 2008 sent to the Russian Embbady Adviser Alexander Hapilov. Meanwhile, Usakov was a member of the 9th Saeima, while Hapilov was working as a counselor at the Russian embbady, but he quit his job in Latvia in 2009.
Jakobson had previously declared that by publishing part of the correspondence of Usakov he had made public the essential facts. journalist
Several months after the detention of Yakobson, two unknown badailants injured their faces in the 47th floor staircase of Chaka Street in Riga on March 29, 2012
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