Leader of ultra-nationalist movement Ataka Volen Siderov refused to provide the National Investigative Service (NIS) with testimony regarding the Trakia highway incident trial.
Siderov's lawyer, Marin Markovski said that he will ask for the dismissal from the trial of the investigator responsible for the incident.
On April 7 2006 Emil Ivanov was assaulted after a quarrel with Siderov and Ataka members travelling at the on Trakia highway.
Siderov and his bodyguard Pavel Chernev, also Ataka member and MP, were accused of giving false testimony of their involvement in the incident.
Lawyer Markovski said that in an interview given previously for a newspaper, Ivanov was told in advance what to say concerning the assault, Darik Radio reported.
Siderov was met by 20 of his followers in front of the NIS building on the morning of February 15. He told journalists that the investigator was a 'tool in the hands of Interior MinisterRoumen Petkov.'
Siderov's lawyer, Marin Markovski said that he will ask for the dismissal from the trial of the investigator responsible for the incident.
On April 7 2006 Emil Ivanov was assaulted after a quarrel with Siderov and Ataka members travelling at the on Trakia highway.
Siderov and his bodyguard Pavel Chernev, also Ataka member and MP, were accused of giving false testimony of their involvement in the incident.
Lawyer Markovski said that in an interview given previously for a newspaper, Ivanov was told in advance what to say concerning the assault, Darik Radio reported.
Siderov was met by 20 of his followers in front of the NIS building on the morning of February 15. He told journalists that the investigator was a 'tool in the hands of Interior MinisterRoumen Petkov.'
