Kornel Bohdan Popa, the former director of the Administration of Cemeteries and the Cultural Center of the Bryankovenesti Palaces, won an important victory in court. He was convicted in the Sorin Oprescu bribery case and is currently in Italy.

Kornel Bohdan Popa could finally avoid a criminal recordPhoto: fanatik.ro

On Wednesday, March 15, the Court of Appeal in Bucharest allowed “in principle” an appeal to overturn the criminal sentence that sentenced him to 11 years and 6 months in prison, after finding that “the defendant was convicted even though there was evidence of a reason for the suspension criminal proceedings” (Article 426 part B of the Criminal Procedure Code). A recognition in principle is the starting point in the annulment appeal procedure, when the court finds that the legal conditions for a retrial have been met on the merits.

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