Leonard Duka , accused of the murder of Santiago Malko, has given his testimony about the incident in today's session at GJKKO.
The duke answered the questions of the prosecutor, Behar Dibra, about the event that happened on August 27, 2019 .
"15 years ago, our acquaintance started, I don't know what happened, I hadn't heard about him for 3 years. I found out about his murder the day the police arrested me. We did not have any debt relationship", declared Leonard Duka, while in the first session he refused to speak during the court session.
The Duke has denied his involvement in the event that happened in August 2019, while he has shown that he has no conflict with Ervis Martinaj.
Testimony of Leonard Duke:
" On the day of the incident, I was accompanied by the police. That's where I learned about the event. I was at the bar at my business, at 10 o'clock I closed the bar, the police accompanied me as I ran home. Like every other day, we had lunch with the staff and then I continued the flow.
I was with my brother, Ervin Duka, in the car, the police signaled and we went to the police. Where I knew who had died, that's when I found out. I was with the deceased many years ago, we had common company. After arranging the papers in a corrupt way, they declared me wanted. I don't know why I'm here. We met 15 years ago. 15 years ago I was in school, around.
From the common society, we have come to know that little Albania is. We are from the same area, I lived in Fresk, he lived in the next neighborhood. If I quote all the names of the neighborhood, there are 200 people. I know the whole area, we all know each other. Ask me about the event, not the bar. What does this have to do with it? In 2019 I had a football lottery, I owned Max Lotto. I have it lying all over Albania.
The administrators of the points that were around Albania, we were for dinner. When we got up, we all left, I don't know what they came there with. I've been with Audi, I don't know about other cars. Volkswagen doesn't know at all, I don't deal with the cars that were there, I had my own car ," he said .
" I don't know what the victim is dealing with. It had been many years, at least 3 without seeing it at all. The common friend who brought us down is Ervis Martinajn. I have had the latter as a friend for 15 years. Then we parted and I enjoyed respect for him, each took his own direction. We are involved in betting, he has had many businesses, but what we have done together is that we are involved in betting. We have things in common, then we broke up. We started in 2006. We have not had any debt relationship between me and Ervis Martinaj since we separated. Even after we separated the businesses, we have been in joint societies for some time, we are occasional in clubs. "We have spoken on the phone ," Duka is said to have told the jury at GJKKO .