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As Vytautas Jončas, a representative of the court, informed BNS, the prosecutor stated that the guilt of A. Paleckis and D. Bertauskas was proven by data collected during the pre-trial investigation and court proceedings, material compiled by the Department of State security, handwritten, torn and shaded notes, documents and other information found during searches.
According to V. Vidugirienė, D. Bertauskas admitted his guilt throughout the process, his testimony was consistent and complete, while A. Paleckis changed the versions of his testimony based on the latest data.
According to V. Jončas, the prosecutor emphasized that both defendants had specific lists with the names of the judges, prosecutors and lawyers involved in the case of January 13, from whom they had to collect information, so they undoubtedly realized what crime they were committing and that foreign states were recruited.
Referring to Mr. Bertauskas, the prosecutor stated that his detailed testimony helped to unmask this serious crime, for which the court is asked to release him from criminal responsibility.
No mitigating circumstances have been identified for A. Paleckis, aggravating is acting in an organized group. The prosecutor also pointed out that although the conviction had already disappeared, the former politician had previously been convicted of similar activities, denying the aggression of the USSR in the events of January.
The prosecutor’s closing speech consisted of 37 pages of text, the final speeches by A. Paleckis’s lawyers, Adomas Liutvinskas and Kęstutis Ragaišis, will be given at the next hearing on June 22. They claimed to have 31- and 36-page languages.
According to V. Jončas, A. Paleckis himself said that his last word would take about 25 minutes.
In the case, A. Paleckis and D. Bertauskas are accused of spying for the benefit of another state by acting in an organized group. The former politician denies and pleads guilty after conducting a journalistic investigation. D. Bertauskas admits guilt.
The case was designated for hearing in Šiauliai by the Lithuanian Court of Appeal when the Vilnius Regional Court withdrew.
According to the General Prosecutor’s Office, from February 2017 to October 2018, the defendants, acting in an organized group with a Russian intelligence officer and other unidentified Russian citizens during the preliminary investigation, one of whom was found guilty by the court of the case of January 13, Information of interest to Russian intelligence.
Other remuneration includes assistance in establishing contacts with representatives of a Russian political party in order to obtain funding for one of the parties registered in Lithuania, as well as assistance in establishing business contacts.
According to the prosecutor’s office, the defendants were tasked with gathering information on the officers and judges investigating the January 13 case, as well as information on other cases related to Russia’s aggression against Lithuania in 1990-1991.
Among other things, the defendant had to find people working for the Lithuanian authorities who provided false information about the health status of Yuri Melis, who was convicted in the case of January 13, for illegal monetary compensation to the Lithuanian police authorities , in to exchange his detention for a more lenient warrant or otherwise facilitate the arrest of J. Melis.
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