Decision on Pre-Trial Detention Extension for Benko Made

The court continues to suspect urgent suspicion of a crime. By Friday, February 28 at the latest, a decision must be made again on the extension of pre-trial detention.

WKStA Requested Extension of Pre-Trial Detention

Originally, a decision should have been made by next Friday on the extension of pre-trial detention requested by the Economic and Corruption Prosecutor's Office (WKStA), but for scheduling reasons, the detention review hearing was brought forward by one week, the regional court announced.

According to the law, it must be checked at regular intervals whether the conditions for pre-trial detention still exist. The first detention review hearing must take place after a maximum of 14 days, the next after another month, and subsequently at intervals of two months. Only the parties to the proceedings are invited to the non-public detention hearings and the accused is brought from detention. Accused persons can apply for their release at any time, in which case a detention review hearing must be scheduled.

Arrest of Benko on January 23

An appeal against the decision to extend pre-trial detention can be lodged with the Higher Regional Court (OLG) Vienna within three days. The defence did not make a statement, announced the court's media spokesperson, Christina Salzborn.

The 47-year-old Tyrolean entrepreneur René Benko was arrested in Innsbruck on January 23 and taken to the Vienna-Josefstadt prison.

(APA/Red)

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