The preliminary session for former judge of court of Appeal of Tirana District, Shkëlqim Miri, has been launched at the Court for Serious Crimes.

Miri’s attorney asked for a shortened trial, a request which will be examined further by the court.

Shkëlqim Miri was investigated under the security measure “arrest in prison”.

The judge was detained on November 10 last year through a Prosecution for Serious Crimes’s order, while in his apartment, police found an amount of nearly ALL 300 million./tvklan.al