The Vilnius Court of Appeal commenced examining a complaint filed by a council member on Thursday. During the initial hearing, the defendant’s lawyer, Dominykas Vanhara, submitted documentation and requested that his client be awarded legal costs amounting to 6,000 euros. The lawyer argued that the entire case should be dismissed.
Vanhara contended that the Šiauliai District Court, which issued its indictment in January, had based its decision not on concrete evidence, but rather on assumptions. Furthermore, the lawyer suggested that the proceedings might have been influenced by a potentially biased judge, citing the fact that the former spouse’s company was seeking compensation from the Šiauliai municipality for pollution damage. The proceedings before the Court of Appeal centered on the legal challenges surrounding this case.
The defense team sought to undermine the foundational basis of the initial court ruling. Their argument focused on the procedural reliability of the previous judgment, suggesting that external factors and assumptions, rather than verifiable facts, guided the court’s decision-making process. The council member’s complaint thus brought scrutiny to the evidence and the judicial process surrounding the dispute.
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