Petőcz Kálmán (szerk.): National Populism and Slovak - Hungarian Relations in Slovakia 2006-2009 (Somorja, 2009)

Annex

Annex - Marie Vrabcová

the crime scene in the birch grove had not been properly searched with metal detectors and police dogs by saying that the investigators had been distracted by rain and television crews.

Of all forensic experts questioned in the case, most violations of valid regulations were made by Simon Kónya, a forensic doctor who examined Malinová on September 4, 2006. Although it was ten days after the attack, Kónya confined himself to counting bruises on the girl’s body; he did not find any traces of blows on her face or her thighs and since he did not establish concussion he concluded that the victim had not suffered any injuries. He only spotted a small scar on her lip but thought that the girl had bitten herself. He paid no attention to the fact that due to high density of capillary vessels, bruises on the face heal more rapidly than on other body parts; he ruled out the possibility of concussion and that the victim might have been affected by a posttraumatic shock. Kónya could not explain why Malinová did not remember every detail of the incident and all he wrote into his report was that it was merely “the victim’s subjective testimony”. When questioned before the Office of Attorney General, Kónya said he had not examined Malinová neurologically or psychologically and had not consulted her condition with a neurologist because he did not deem it necessary.31

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On January 21, 2008, the YouTube portal released video footage that depicted unidentified men in black T-shirts with the “Police” sign shooting from machine guns on a figurine marked as Hedviga.32 The footage was taken at the shooting range in Zemné and released via the Internet by a former student of the police academy in Pezinok. Among shooters who shouted the name “Hedviga” was also one member of the Railroad Police from Nové Zámky who remained in active service even after this incident; on the other hand, the policeman who made and released the footage was discharged from police ranks.

On February 1, 2008, the special task force of the Office of Attorney General questioned Peter Korček, a former SIS agent who had filed a motion for criminal prosecution of Hedviga Malinová. According to his testimony, Korček was “irritated” that Malinová had lashed out against Slovak law enforcement organs and accused the SIS of organizing the attack, which is why he considered his civic duty to file the motion for her criminal prosecution.33 During the interrogation, Malinová’s legal counsel Kvasnica wanted to ask him who he had worked with as an assistant of MP Peter Gabura but the prosecutor did not allow the question.

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