{"id":17331,"date":"2021-07-14T14:07:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T12:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=17331"},"modified":"2021-07-14T14:15:58","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T12:15:58","slug":"former-police-officer-charged-with-the-murder-of-klodian-rasha-sentenced-to-10-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-police-officer-charged-with-the-murder-of-klodian-rasha-sentenced-to-10-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Former police officer charged with the murder of Klodian Rasha sentenced to 10 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Court of Tirana slammed the former officer charged with the murder of Klodian Rasha with a 10-year prison sentence.<\/p>\n<p>The initial sentence totaled 15 years behind bars, but the former cop will benefit from an abbreviated trial, a procedure in Albanian law that skips through a detailed examination of the evidence.<\/p>\n<p>During today\u2019s trial, Hajdaraj\u2019s attorney requested to change his charges from \u201cfirst-degree murder\u201d to \u201cmurder exceeding self-defense\u201d, as well as calling for the most lenient sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>Hajdaraj did not speak during the trial, but his attorney stated that his client has expressed remorse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/06\/03\/prosecution-seeks-20-year-jail-sentence-for-former-officer-who-shot-klodian-rasha\/\">Prosecution seeks 20-year jail sentence for former officer who shot Klodian Rasha<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/news\/2021\/03\/26\/former-police-officer-charged-with-klodian-rashas-murder-pleads-for-an-abbreviated-trial\/\">Former police officer charged with Klodian Rasha\u2019s murder pleads for an abbreviated trial<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2020\/12\/15\/klodian-rasha-s-family-his-murder-was-intentional-not-an-accident\/\">Klodian Rasha\u2019s family: His murder was intentional, not an accident<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Court of Tirana slammed the former officer charged with the murder of Klodian Rasha with a 10-year prison sentence. 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