Former member of the Supreme Court, Shkëlzen Selimi, has also been acquitted in the Appeal of the Criminal Court of Kosovo.
Three judges Engert Pëllumbi, Igerta Hysi and Dhimitër Lara upheld the decision of the GJKKO, while it was SPAK that had appealed the case to the Appeals Court.
In October 2022, SPAK sent the case against Selim for trial for the criminal offense of "Refusal to declare, failure to declare, concealment or false declaration of assets, private interests of elected persons and public servants or of any other person who has a legal obligation to declare."
According to SPAK, the investigation revealed data indicating that Selimi had unjustified real estate assets with legal sources. For this reason, the seizure was requested and imposed on several assets in his possession: ½ of a plot of land with an area of 432 m² and a 132.25 m² building, a fuel station, located on the “Lungomare” promenade in Vlora; a plot of land with an area of 2,400 m² in Jonufër, as well as another plot of land with a gas station on the “Transbalkan Road”, also in Vlora.
The trial of this case took place for about two and a half years, under the rules of ordinary trial.
However, at the end of the trial, Judge Rudina Palloj ruled that the defendant Shkëlzen Selimi was not guilty of concealing assets, on the grounds that the criminal fact alleged was not proven to exist.
Shkëlzen Selimi worked for two decades in the justice system, before being dismissed in 2018 by vetting for concealing contacts with people involved in organized crime.
His wife, former Administrative Appeals Judge Rilinda Selimi, was also dismissed from the College due to inappropriate contacts, although the majority of the panel found no problems with her assets.