Was he told why he hit Berisha? Gert Shehu's lawyer speaks

2022-12-09 14:23:33Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Lawyer Ervis Lila and Gert Shehu

Today, the Tirana court ordered the security measure of prison arrest for Gert Shehu, the 31-year-old man who punched the chief democrat Sali Berisha at the opposition protest on December 6.

His defense lawyer, Ervis Lila, requested a milder security measure such as house arrest or forced hospitalization, but was not accepted by the court.

In a statement to the media, Shehu's defense lawyer stated that they submitted a request for a more extended expert report to determine the health condition of the 31-year-old.

The lawyer was asked by journalists if Shehu told him the reason why he hit Berisha. Lila said that Shehu speaks in fragments and makes different statements.

"He speaks fragments, different statements. I didn't have a communication to create, why did it happen? We are more focused in this part, on the act of expertise, to determine, so that we know his statements, what they are for the basis. No, even there in the session we asked the prosecutor, but we focused on the expert report.

There wasn't any kind of dynamic part, just said that the hit was made, known fact, but the cause part of why it was made requires investigation. The person continues in the Trauma Hospital, the doctors will determine how many and how he has these injuries. The act of psychiatric expertise will be very decisive, we have asked for it to be expanded, to include other professors, it would determine all the causes", he emphasized.

Gerti Shehu is in the hospital, where security measures were communicated to him after he was physically beaten by Berisha's militants and bodyguards after the attack on the former prime minister.

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