Caracal prosecutor Cristian Ovidiu Popescu, who stayed until 6:00 a.m. to enter Gheorghe Dinke’s house, was disciplined on Monday by the ÎCCJ with a 25% reduction in gross monthly allowance for one year. .

“Protocol of civil decision no. 77: Satisfies the appeal filed by the appellant Court Inspectorate against the decision no. 3P dated May 17, 2023, issued by the Higher Council of Magistracy – Section for Judges in Disciplinary Cases, in file no. 18/P/2019. Revokes the contested decision and, making a decision, imposes a disciplinary penalty on the defendant Popescu Christian Ovidiu, which consists in reducing the monthly gross monetary allowance by 25% within one year for committing a disciplinary offense, provided for in Art. 99 liters t) the second sentence of Law No. 303/2004 on the status of judges and prosecutors, reissued with the following changes and additions. final. Announced in open session today, March 18, 2024,” reads the decision issued by the Supreme Court of Cassation of Romania.

Prosecutor Cristian Ovidiu Popescu, who handled the Caracal case, would not allow the police to violate the search warrant and go down to Gheorghe Dinke’s house before 6:00.

The Caracal police chief and three other police officers were brought to trial in 2023 by prosecutors at the Court of Appeal of Craiova on charges of abuse of office because of the way they intervened after the disappearance of Oleksandra Mecešanu. Prosecutors show that if he had intervened in time, he “would have given effective chances to save the minor.” Instead, their actions resulted in a 14-hour delay.