Warsaw and Vienna to swap witnesses in Debski case

The court in Warsaw wants 'Baranina', currently being questioned in Vienna in connection with the murder of former Sports Minister Jacek Debski, to be additionally questioned in Warsaw as a witness in the 'Inka' trial. Halina G. (known as 'Inka') was the woman who accompanied Debski on the night of his death. According to the prosecution, it was 'Baranina' who called her on her mobile phone and told her to escort him out of the Casa Nostra restaurant. A few weeks ago the Austrian authorities filed a similar request to transport 'Inka' to Vienna, as she is the prosecution's key witness in the trial there. 'Inka' set a condition, namely that she would not go if her presence was required by 'Baranina' or his lawyer. It turns out, however, that the request was made by the Austrian prosecutor. Therefore 'Inka' should appear on the witness stand in a Viennese court on March 24. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 9) A.C.