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According to the pre-trial investigation, Kaunas lawyer, former long-term judge, BL agreed with Kaunas lawyer VG that she, acting together with TG, an employee of the law firm, would transfer the illegal remuneration to the judge. Kaunas District Court, Rimantas. Grigas. It is suspected that for a bribe of at least 2,000 euros, the objective was that the judge, when considering a case of administrative infringement of a person on appeal, impose a less severe administrative penalty and shorten the revocation period of the driving license. 12 to 3 months.
It was established that the illegal remuneration or part of it agreed yesterday was handed over to the judge at his workplace, in the Kaunas Chamber of the Kaunas District Court.
Yesterday, lawyers BL and VG and an employee of the TG law firm were arrested and suspected of influence peddling and bribery.
Only the first and last name of Valdas Grigonytė, a lawyer working in Kaunas, corresponds to the initials mentioned here in the publicly announced list of the Lithuanian Bar Association. According to BNS, the suspected lawyers are Bronislovas Liatukas and V. Grigonytė, and the employee of the law firm is Tautvydas Grigas.
Erik Ovcharenko / 15min photo / Former long-time judge, now lawyer Bronislovas Liatukas
On August 31, a search was carried out at the residences of the judge and the suspects. During a search of the judge’s residence, he attempted to destroy the evidence.
Yesterday, Attorney General Nida Grunskienė opened a pre-trial investigation against Kaunas District Court judge Rimantas Grigas of Kaunas District Court, under Article 225 of the Penal Code. 1 d. for bribery.
Today, N. Grunskienė applied to the President of the Republic of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėdas, for permission to prosecute, arrest or otherwise restrict the freedom of the Kaunas judge Rimantas Grigas of the Kaunas District Court.
This pre-trial investigation is conducted by the STT Kaunas Board. The investigation is controlled by prosecutors from the Organized Crime and Corruption Investigation Division of the Kaunas Regional Prosecutor’s Office, according to a joint report by the GP and STT published on September 1.
After the suspension of the mandate of Judge R. Grigo, he will be removed from his position and all the cases before him will be transferred to other judges.
After the police made this information public on Tuesday, Rūta Andriuškaitė, head of the Communication Division of the National Court Administration (NTA), rushed to distribute the report to the media.
The reaction of the Council of Judges (TT) to the information on the pre-trial investigation into the actions of the Kaunas District Court judge can be summarized as follows: “We do not tolerate such actions.”
TT, in response to the information on the pre-trial investigation initiated against the Kaunas District Court judge Rimantas Grigas under article 225 (1) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania in relation to bribery, in principle takes the position that any action by a judge incompatible with his duties are intolerable.
The highest ethical and moral standards are imposed on a judge, and failure to comply degrades the judge’s name and injures the authority of the court and calls into question the administration of justice.
The Council of Judges requested the Attorney General to provide all pertinent information on the ongoing pre-trial investigation. Once the necessary data has been received, an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Judges will be called immediately, in which it will be decided whether the judge has not degraded the name of the judge for his conduct.
Currently, the President of the Republic of Lithuania is resolving the issue of prosecuting a judge and his powers.
A spokesman for President Ridas Jasiulionis told BNS that the president will be “informed and the necessary decisions will be made in the near future.”
Following the suspension of the powers of Judge R. Grig, he will be removed from office and all cases before him will be transferred to other judges, according to the NTA report.
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