On June 4, 29-year-old Marsel Shehu, was out walking his dog and the thought of being arrested that night couldn’t have possibly crossed his mind.
At 09:20 p.m., while sitting on one of the steps in front of the building dedicated to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Tirana, Shehu was noticed by an officer, Mr. Abdullah Lika, who approached him immediately after and asked him to leave. His reasoning was that the young man was sitting on the stairs of a building of paramount importance.
According to the officer’s report, Shehu had been sitting at the entrance of the ministry building and was also carrying a backpack that night. Soon after the incident, Euronews Albania got a hold of the court order that was issued against Shehu, which states that after facing the citizen’s refusal to leave, the officer had informed his superior, at which point the young man was escorted to the police station and according to other officers’ claims, upon his arrival, Shehu had begun to insult and threaten them, while also taking their photo.
The Prosecution charged the young man with ‘misdemeanor and refusal to follow the orders of a public order officer’. The case was tried as a summary offense and Shehu was initially sentenced to 20 days in jail, which were later converted to 60 hours of community service.
The court judge declared that the officer’s demand to have the young man stand up and leave the premises of a government building was legitimate and that this sentencing won’t only serve to educate the offender but it will also raise awareness amongst the general public in regards to cases of a similar nature.
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