“The trial is set up in bad taste and they want to try me without knowing the reason,” he said. the elected mayor of Chimara Fredis Beleris at today’s session of the trial against him at the anti-corruption and organized crime court in Tirana.

“We are being held in prison” he said “with a falsified criminal record” and added that “the prosecution continues to falsify the evidence of the case file.” He repeated the request to the judiciary to be granted the relevant information about the people who, according to F. Belegri, are falsifying the data, which will allow him to properly defend himself.

Today’s session began with the court’s announcement of the rejection of the defense’s request to exclude two judges from the three-member composition.

Five defense witnesses then testified, including a journalist who had interviewed the main prosecution witness.

According to himara.gr, two defense witnesses were presented, who stated in court that they were the ones talking to Fredis Beleris, in the photo in question, on which the indictment is based and which, according to the prosecution, Beleris is talking to the main witness Arsen Rama.

The defense then requested that the secretaries of the court and the prosecution of Avlona be called as witnesses, on which request the court withdrew to make a decision. Together with the decision, the date for the new meeting will be announced

However, yesterday the Court of First Instance of the same court rejected Freddy Beleris’ request for a modification of the security measures against him. In its decision, the court cited the argument that nothing has changed in the case since the court decision was taken for his pre-trial detention.