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Croatian court orders retrial of former PM corruption case

Xinhua, July 27, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Croatian constitutional court Monday demanded a retrial of former prime minister Ivo Sanader's verdict, in which he was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison for corruption.

The court found his legal rights, as guaranteed by the constitution, were ignored, adding it had accepted Sanader's appeal and annulled the verdict.

The count ordered the case be returned to the Zagreb county court for retrial.

The decision does not mean Sanader can leave prison because he was remanded in custody in another case.

Sanader was given a 10-year prison sentence in November 2012 for allegedly taking a bribe of 10 million euros (11.11 million U.S. dollars) from Hungarian energy group MOL in exchange for allowing it a dominant role in Croatian state oil company INA.

Sanader and MOL denied wrongdoing. The Supreme Court confirmed Sanader's guilty verdict but lowered the sentence to eight-and-a-half years last year.

Sanader, the prime minister between 2003 and 2009, was arrested in late 2010. Endit