Harju County Court acquitted AS Järvevana on all the charges in a criminal matter no. 1-09-4486

Järvevana 

19.06.2012 15:59
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On 19 June 2012 the last hearing of the land swap criminal case was held at
Harju County Court, where the final conclusions of the court ruling were read
out. Hajur County Court acquitted AS Järvevana and Toomas Annus of all the
charges brought against them and ordered the payment of legal aid expenses in
the amount of 611,810 EUR in the benefit of AS Järvevana from the State. 

Interception of communications started eight years ago, in 2004, pre-court
proceedings were initiated in 2005 and the case has been processed by Harju
County Court since May 2009. The Court gave the parties to the proceedings the
text of the court ruling, which is being analysed by Attorney-at-Law Leon
Glikman who is defending AS Järvevana. In quoting the individual parts of the
court ruling, the Court stated that AS Järvevana and Toomas Annus have not
committed any offences, all the relevant land swap transactions were legal and
the Defence Police and the Prosecutor's Office have materially violated the
law, the Constitution and the European Convention for the Protection of Human
Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The deliberated court ruling was arrived at as
a result of three years of thorough and direct proceedings, which among other
things included the hearing of approximately 120 witnesses. The ruling of
acquittal was unanimous, with the lay judges also in favour. Glikman noted that
as a rule the evidence is assessed by the court of first instance, where the
direct proceedings are taking place, while the court of second instance can
only draw conclusions on the basis of documents, without directly perceiving
the circumstances. 

AS Järvevana is glad that despite having been under pressure, the Court
remained independent and objective, passing a ruling acquitting the persons who
had not committed any offences. 


Toomas Annus
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