Patria: Case falls under statute of limitations, ruling final

Daily Delo says appeal has been rejected

2. december 2015 ob 14.23 • Ljubljana - MMC RTV SLO

The Higher Court has made a ruling on an appeal by SDS head Janez Janša against a district court ruling which held that the case came under the statute of limitations in August 2015. Foto: BoBo

The Higher Court has made a ruling on an appeal by SDS head Janez Janša against a district court ruling which held that the case came under the statute of limitations in August 2015. According to unofficial information, the appeal has been rejected.

Delo reports that, according to “unofficial but reliable information”, the Higher Court has rejected the ruling. This means that the Patria case is barred by the statute of limitations and that the judgment is final.
Earlier this year, the Constitutional Court dropped all criminal charges against the three defendants in the Patria case (Janez Janša, Tone Krkovič and Ivan Črnkovič).
It then fell upon Ljubljana District Court Judge Tanja Lombar Jenko, who was assigned to the retrial of the Patria case, to determine whether the case fell under the statute of limitations. The judge had to determine whether the old or the new criminal code applied in the case. She ruled that the old criminal code had be applied, which meant that the case fell under the statute of limitations.