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He was convicted of usury, but why was Mefail Shkodra released? Pristina Court: He paid a property guarantee to replace the measure
2025-08-11 14:35:37 / KOSOVA
Mefail Shkodra, who is accused of the triple murder in Gjilan, was released in October last year after serving a sentence related to his illegal activity of lending money at interest.
In a statement to the media, the Basic Court in Pristina says that in October last year, Mefail Shkodra and Edonis Shkodra's detention was terminated, after the Special Prosecution requested that the measure be replaced from detention to bail. For both, the property guarantee amounted to 70 thousand euros.
“ On 21.06.2024, the pre-trial judge held a hearing and through a ruling ordered the detention of the defendants M.Sh. and E.Sh. for a period of one month for each, due to the well-founded suspicion that they committed the criminal offenses of Usury and Coercion.
The Special Department on 15.07.2024 received the request from the Special Prosecution of the Republic of Kosovo for the extension of the detention measure in the criminal case against the defendants M.Sh. and E.Sh., due to the well-founded suspicion that they have committed the criminal offenses of Usury, Coercion, as well as the criminal offenses of Participation or Organization of an Organized Criminal Group under Article 277 paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 1 of the CCRK and the criminal offense of Unauthorized Import, Export, Supply, Transportation, Production, Exchange, Intermediation or Sale of Weapons or Explosives under Article 364 paragraph 1 of the CCRK, while on 18.07.2024 the Pre-Trial Judge through a Ruling approved the request of the SPRK, so that the defendants M.Sh. and E.Sh., their detention has been extended for another two months, for each of them, which measure has been calculated from 21.07.2024 to 21.09.2024.
On 12.09.2024, the Basic Court in Pristina, Special Department, received the request from the Special Prosecution of the Republic of Kosovo for the extension of the detention measure in the criminal case against the defendants M.Sh. and E.Sh., while on 19.09.2024, the Pre-Trial Judge, through a Decision, approved the request of the SPRK, so that the detention measure for the defendants M.Sh. and E.Sh. was extended for another two months for each, which measure was calculated until 21.11.2024.
On 08.10.2024, the Basic Court in Pristina, Special Department, accepted the Proposal for Replacing the Detention Measure with the Bail Measure from the Special Prosecution of the Republic of Kosovo for the criminal case against the defendants M.Sh. and E.Sh., (with regard to the defendant M.Sh., bail in the amount of €50,000.00 (fifty thousand euros) has been proposed, while against the defendant E.Sh., bail in the amount of €20,000.00 (twenty thousand euros) has been proposed).
The pre-trial judge, on 08.10.2024, through a Decision, approved the proposal of the SPRK for the Replacement of the Detention Measure with the Bail Measure in the criminal case against the defendants M.Sh. and E.Sh. and obliged the defendants to mortgage the cadastral unit on which the parcel is built with two buildings with a total amount of 354.00 euros, which amount secures the value of the amount proposed as the value of the bail measure of 70,000.00 (seventy thousand euros) by the Special Prosecutor's Office, for the defendants M.Sh. and E.Sh.
In this criminal case, the defendant AR is also involved for the criminal offenses Participation or organization of an organized criminal group under Article 277 paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 1 of the Criminal Code and Unauthorized import, export, supply, transportation, production, exchange, brokerage or sale of weapons or explosive materials under Article 364 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code. The Special Department has accepted the Proposal for Replacing the Detention Measure with the Bail Measure in the criminal case against the defendant AR, (in relation to the defendant AR, the bail in the amount of €50,000.00 (fifty thousand euros) has been proposed). The pre-trial judge, through the Ruling, approved the proposal of the SPRK for Replacing the Detention Measure with the Bail Measure in the criminal case against the defendant AR and obliged the defendant to mortgage the cadastral unit, in which the parcels amount "The total is estimated at 236.00 euros, which amount ensures the value of the amount proposed as the bail amount of 50,000.00 (fifty thousand euros) by the Special Prosecution, for the defendant AR ," the explanation of the Court of Pristina states.
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