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schema:articleBody	A Slovak court on Thursday handed down a 19-year jail sentence for forgery to Marian Kocner, the wealthy businessman also charged with ordering the murder of an investigative journalist in a separate case. Jan Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova were gunned down at their home on February 21, 2018, in a hit allegedly ordered by Kocner, a millionaire entrepreneur with ties to senior politicians who is now on trial for the crime. In the separate trial, Kocner was sentenced on Thursday along with former economy minister Pavol Rusko for forging 69 million euros ($76 million) worth of promissory notes from private television broadcaster Markiza TV. Rusko served as CEO and co-owner of Markiza from 1995 to 2000 before it was fully taken over by the CME media company, which is controlled by US telecommunications firm AT&T. He went on to embark on a political career, serving as economy minister from 2003 to 2005. Rusko claims he signed the notes during his last year at Markiza, though handwriting experts say he could not have done so before 2013. The duo claimed the promissory notes were signed to settle a dispute over the television station, but the court found the men had backdated the notes in the hopes of fraudulently obtaining the sum from CME. The verdict is not final. Kocner and Rusko have both denied the forgery and are expected to appeal. "It is a good day for justice in Slovakia," Markiza lawyer Daniel Lipsic told reporters after the verdict. "The Special Criminal Court gave a clear and vigorous answer to those who thought they were above the law." The February 2018 killings triggered mass protests that toppled then-premier Robert Fico and has become a lightning rod for a wave of outrage against high-level corruption in Slovakia, which is preparing for a decisive general election on Saturday. Kuciak had been probing Kocner's business activities. The next hearing in the murder trial will take place on March 18, while the verdict is expected in April. Kocner is one of four people on trial in the case. A fifth suspect has already been sentenced after agreeing to a plea bargain. juh-amj/klm
schema:headline	Slovak accused over journalist murder gets jail for forgery
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