Latgale Regional Court rejects defence request to challenge judges in Ļubka murder case
The Latgale Regional Court has rejected a defence motion to recuse the bench in the criminal case over the murder of businessman and politician Andris Ļubka.
The Latgale Regional Court in Latvia has rejected a defence motion challenging the composition of the bench in the criminal case over the murder of businessman and politician Andris Ļubka. The case will therefore continue before the current panel of judges.
A challenge to a court's composition is a procedural tool that a party to a case can use to ask that particular judges be removed from hearing it. In this instance, the request came from the defence, and the court did not grant it.
The information available does not say what grounds the defence cited, how the court explained its decision, or when the hearings will resume. These details are not yet known.
