Lawyer Dimitar Markovski commented on the investigation into businessman Iliyan Filipov’s murder in Plovdiv and the detention of Slavcho Megerov. He said that the prosecution’s intention to seek permanent detention suggested that evidence already existed at this early stage.
“The fact that the prosecution will request permanent detention for Megerov today means that there must be solid evidence,” Markovski said. He identified trace evidence and surveillance-camera recordings as possible elements in the case.
The lawyer nevertheless urged caution over claims that the figure in the recordings did not match the detained man. “This comment is speculative, because no one has access to video images from these cameras that would allow such a definitive conclusion,” he said. In his view, an expert video-technical assessment must establish the biometric data of the person shown in the recording.
Markovski said investigators normally follow immediate leads. Experience has shown that if a perpetrator is not found within a reasonable period—days, a week or a month—it later becomes much harder to gather evidence establishing authorship of a crime. For that reason, he said, it was not unusual for a possible perpetrator to be identified so quickly.
He also discussed the possibility that more than one person was involved in the killing. “Of course, there may be other accomplices. There may be people who assisted the perpetrator,” the lawyer said.
According to Markovski, the investigation must establish the motive, and the financial theory should not automatically be treated as the only explanation. “A financial motive is not always sufficient,” he said. The lawyer added that Filipov did not appear to be someone unable to settle accounts or debts, and that this did not fit the profile of the capital he had managed. The circumstances therefore required very careful assessment.
Addressing concerns that the killing could signal a return to the public shootings of the past, Markovski said that such crimes had not been common in Bulgaria in recent times. “Let us hope this does not become a trend,” he said.
Procedurally, the court is due to examine the prosecution’s request for permanent detention. The prosecutor, the defence and the defendant will be heard during the proceedings.
Source: fakti.bg
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