Petőcz Kálmán (szerk.): National Populism and Slovak - Hungarian Relations in Slovakia 2006-2009 (Somorja, 2009)
Annex
The Case of Hedviga Malinová The case prosecutor summoned both suspected assailants in person and set the date of testing on November 12, 2008. Marcel Grzyb was summoned to the Institute of Criminal Expertise of the Slovak Police Force in Pezinok; Róbert Benci was summoned to the Office of Attorney General in Bratislava from where he was presumably taken to the test in Pezinok under the patronage of the case prosecutor himself. Benci told the expert supervising the polygraph test that he suffered from toothache and had taken two painkiller pills (Ibalgin) the night before but was tested nevertheless. Based on his physiological reactions, the experts were unable to conclude unambiguously whether he was telling the truth and decided to repeat the test. Grzyb took his polygraph test on the same day and in the same time as both tests began exactly at 9.03 a.m.; Grzyb’s test took three hours and ten minutes, Benci’s test took two hours and forty minutes. According to official protocols, two out of three experts supervising the polygraph tests were present at both tests; how they managed that remains a mystery. PolyqRApln questíons ŕ Ia carte? Initially, Marcel Grzyb was asked three questions but the experts were unable to conclude unambiguously from his answers whether he was telling the truth and opted for another methodology. Based on his negative answers to two questions regarding the attack, they concluded that the suspect had told the truth. Benci took the repeated polygraph test on December 1, 2008. This time, he complained about the lack of sleep; according to the protocol, he had slept less than four hours the night before. His negative answer to the first question of whether he attacked Hedviga Malinová in August 2006 was evaluated as truthful by the supervising experts. Subsequently, Benci requested a permission to call his friend that was supposed to take him home. Since he did not answer the phone, Benci began to worry that he would not make it home because he did not have any money. His answers to the next two questions were not convincing and the supervising experts were unable to conclude unambiguously whether he was telling the truth. They attributed it to his sleepiness (Benci reportedly fell asleep several times during the test) and anxiety over how would he get home. Again, they decided it was impossible to make an unambiguous conclusion whether Benci had answered the relevant questions truthfully.46 327
