Sofia City Court put the metropolitan policeman Valentin Trenev in permanent custody from the 9th Regional Office, “Economic Police” sector. According to the court, a reasonable assumption can be made that the man may be complicit in the act for which he is accused, as well as commit another crime. The judiciary as welland he expressly ordered the head of the investigative detention center to consult with medical specialists regarding Trenev.
Because of a bribe: They detained a police officer in Sofia
Counsel for the accused pointed out that Trenev has an acute kidney crisis and a sore footthere is also evidence that it is had multiple panic attacks. The defender requested that his client be given medical assistance in order to preserve his life and health, asking the court for a lighter measure. He added that Trenev never committed violations of official discipline and was awarded by the Minister of the Interior.
On February 22, Trenev was detained with a bribe of 2,000 BGN, according to the development of “Internal Security”. The arrest was made after a report by the businessman Ivan Kirkov that the policeman had asked him for 5,000 BGN in order not to file a police investigation file for an accident with his employee.
They accused the policeman caught with a bribe in Sofia
“I want to pay attention to my family and keep myself mentally safeTrenev said before the court and asked for a lighter measure.
For its part, the prosecution pointed to the unwavering insistence with which the act was committed, expressed in the taking of the meeting initiative by the accused and the offer made to the owner of the commercial company “to make things right”the several conversations between the two regarding the bribe, the intervention in them of the direct manager of the accused and a person presented as an expert, the choice of place to receive the amount – in the accused’s car, located on a busy metropolitan boulevard.
The decision of the court is not final and is subject to appeal before the Court of Appeal – Sofia.
