Slovakia: court acquits tycoon in retrial over 2018 killing of journalist and fiancee

Marián Kočner found not guilty of murdering Ján Kuciak, who had written about him in the past, and Martina Kušnírová

A court in Slovakia has acquitted for a second time an executive accused of masterminding the 2018 killing of an investigative journalist and his fiancee.

The specialised criminal court in Pezinok, near the capital, Bratislava, which handles Slovakia’s most serious cases, ruled on Friday that Marián Kočner was not guilty of murdering Ján Kuciak, who had written about him in the past, and Martina Kušnírová, both aged 27.