Slovakia court tosses acquittals in reporter’s slaying

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Sloakia’s Supreme Court has dismissed a lower court’s acquittal of a businessman accused of masterminding the 2018 slayings of an investigative journalist and his fiancée. A three-judge panel of the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the criminal court didn’t not properly assess available evidence when it cleared businessman Marian Kocner and one co-defendant of murder. They sent the case back to the lower court for retrial. Journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kusnirova, both 27, were fatally shot at their home in the town of Velka Maca. Kocner had allegedly threatened the journalist following publication of a story about his business dealings. In total, Kuciak published nine stories about the businessman.