Blendi Teta, a person who is accused of having knowledge about the murder of ex-policeman Santiago Malko on August 27, 2019, testified this Wednesday in the court process in charge of Leonard and Elis Duka, Fatmir Hysen, Oltion Logut, Aleksandër Manxhak and Dritan Agaj.
Teta answered the questions of the prosecutor and the lawyers of the defendants, denying that he knew Malko and that he had no knowledge of his murder.
However, the hearing is being conducted in absentia.
“I do not know Santiago Malko and I have no knowledge of the event of August 27, 2019. At that time I was in Albania. On the 27th, I went for lunch at the “La Familia” bar in the Fresk area. At that time I was the manager of the Duka Brothers lottery company for Tirana. I got to know them 3 years later after I sold my sports betting company to them and Ervis Martinaj. He sent me to dinner in Ervis Metani’s car because my friend had taken my car, who had gone to Kavaje for personal business. At dinner with Leonard and Elis Dukes, Fatmir Hysen, Oltion Logut, Aleksandër Manxhak, we were all managers for different gambling circles.
I went to lunch around 5:00 PM and stayed until 7:30 or 7:45 PM when I left. Since I didn’t have a car, I asked Ilir Selman to accompany me with the work car, which was a white Skoda, and use it to transport the tables and lots. Selman accompanied me until I found a taxi.
We went to police station 4 and then I went to the children’s hospital. One taxi was broken and a kiosk sales told me wait 5 minutes the next taxi is coming. I note that my cell phone was turned off. Standing there, I wanted to go to the toilet. There was no toilet in a bar next to hospital 5 and I entered the hospital inside for personal needs”, said Teta in his testimony, among other things.
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