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The direction of the Superior Court of Cassation and Justice decided to verify the way in which the legal and regulatory provisions were observed in the case of distribution of the Ferma Băneasa case to the panel that issued the final prison decisions, the Supreme Court announced on Tuesday.
The ICCJ announced this Tuesday that, “considering the questions circulated in public space, on the form of random distribution of criminal file No. 345/64/2016 (Finca Băneasa), as well as, in general, on compliance with the provisions laws and regulations on The random distribution of cases at the level of the Supreme Court, in order to quickly investigate all the issues thus invoked, to ensure public confidence in the High Court of Cassation and Justice and to defend his prestige, the President of the High Court of Cassation and Justice ordered controls:
- In a first phase, carried out between 28-30.12.2020, compliance with the legal and regulatory provisions relating to the random distribution of criminal case No. 345/64/2016 will be verified.
- In the second phase, held between January 4 and 18, 2020, verifications will be carried out for the same purpose at the level of all sections and formations of the Superior Court of Cassation and Justice.
- At the same time, with regard to the criminal file, compliance with the terms of transmission / reception of the files to / from the Prosecutor’s Office will be verified to motivate the appeals.
According to the cited source, the verifications will be carried out by the vice presidents of the Superior Court of Cassation and Justice, with the logistical and technical support of the first assistant magistrate of the supreme court and the IT department.
The approach takes place in the context in which information appeared in the public space that the principle of random distribution of the file had not been taken into account. The panel that rendered the final decisions in the Băneasa Farm case consisted of Judges Florentina Dragomir, Ioana Ilie and Ionuț Matei.
Among those convicted in this case is lawyer Robert Roșu, and the ICCJ’s decision sparked heated reactions from the Romanian National Lawyers Union, but also from some of his fellow lawyers, who protested at the Palace of Justice on Monday.
The High Court of Cassation and Justice handed down the final verdict on Thursday in the case of the illegal restitution of the Royal Farm of Băneasa: businessman Remus Truică was sentenced to seven years in prison, Israelis Benyamin Steinmetz and Tal Silberstein received five years of prison, and Prince Paul, three years and four months, and lawyer Robert Mihăiţă Roşu, five years. Journalist Dan Andronic was also sentenced to three years in prison with suspension. The ICCJ forced those sentenced to pay more money, and the land belongs to the Romanian state.
In the first instance, Truica had received 4 years with execution, Paul from Romania – 3 years with suspension, and Dan Andronic and the Israeli businessmen had been acquitted.
Penalties issued by the ICCJ:
- Remus Truica – 7 years in prison
- Paul Philippe from Romania: 3 years and 4 months in prison
- Nela Ignatenko (ex Pavaluiu) – 5 years in prison
- Dan Andronic – 3 years in prison with suspension and unpaid work for the benefit of the community for a period of 60 days at the Bucharest Integrated Assistance Center or at the General Directorate of the Social Assistance and Child Protection Sector 3.
- Robert Mihăiță Roșu (lawyer) – 5 years in prison
- Israeli businessman Tal Silberstein – 5 years in prison
- Israeli businessman Benyamin Steinmetz – 5 years in prison
- Apostol Muşat (former mayor of Snagov commune) – 4 years in prison with execution
- Marius Andrei Marcovici – 3 years in prison with suspension
- Lucian Claudiu Mateescu – 3 years in prison with suspension
- Gheorghiță Dragomira – 4 years in prison with suspension
- Corina Teodora Dicu – 4 years in prison with suspension
- Ioan Stoian – 4 years in prison with suspension
- Niculae Dima – 4 years in prison with execution
- Nicolae Jecu (former prefect of Ilfov) – 4 years in prison with execution
- Caterina Popa – 4 years in prison with execution
- Gheorghe Olteanu – 4 years in prison with execution
- Valentin Delcea – 4 years in prison with execution
