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“The court ruled that the accusation in this criminal case complied with the requirements, did not violate the right of the accused to defend themselves against the accusation, so there was no basis to refer the case to the Prosecutor’s Office and the request to refer the case was rejected. case to the Prosecutor’s Office to complement the pre-trial investigation. “
S. Mockevičius’s lawyer submitted the request to return the case to the prosecutor to eliminate the deficiencies of the prosecution at the first court hearing.
The next court hearing in the case is scheduled for September 9.
This case was separated from a large-scale pre-trial investigation into the October 2019 fire at Alytus’ Ekologistika company.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, due to the inaction of the agents of the Alytus Fire and Rescue Service, no measures have been taken that could have prevented this fire.
According to the pre-trial investigation, the defendants did not classify this company as a group of objects to be inspected and did not include it in the planned annual technical fire inspection plans. This did not allow the fire to be identified, located at an early stage and prevented from spreading.
The pre-trial investigation also found that there had been nine fires at the company since 2012, of which officials from the Fire and Rescue Service were aware.
The fire at the Ekologistika tire recycling plant in the Industrial District broke out on the night of October 16 last year, with firefighters battling the blaze and its aftermath for more than a week.
During the fire, due to air pollution, businesses located around the burned-out factory in Alytus did not work, public transportation did not run to the Industrial District, and some farmers in the Alytus District were prohibited from supplying milk.
The main pre-trial investigation into the Ecologistika fire is currently being completed and the suspects and their lawyers are familiarizing themselves with the file.
The allegations were made against two legal persons and five natural persons, among them Ekologistika, its director Juozas Cicėnas and two other employees, two employees of the Department of Environmental Protection.
This study identified 6 million. damage to the state.
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