Slovak prosecutor appeals acquittal of suspects in journalist murder case

PEZINOK, Slovakia, Sept 3- A Slovak prosecutor appealed Thursday’s court acquittal of an influential businessman who had been charged with masterminding the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak in 2018..

PEZINOK, Slovakia, Sept 3 (Reuters) – A Slovak prosecutor

appealed Thursday’s court acquittal of an influential

businessman who had been charged with masterminding the murder

of journalist Jan Kuciak in 2018.

The appeal, lodged by prosecutor Vladimir Turan at the courtsession where suspect Marian Kocner was earlier found notguilty, means the case will go to Slovakia’s Supreme Court.(Reporting by Radovan Stoklasa; Writing by Jan LopatkaEditing by Gareth Jones)