Convicted murderer Marček appears emaciated at court hearing, remains silent

Miroslav Marček appeared in a visibly weakened and emaciated condition when escorted to court, where he refused to comment on the charges against him. The convicted killer spoke only two sentences before the judicial panel during the hearing. Marček was one of the key figures in the 2018 murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová, a case that exposed high-level corruption and triggered mass protests that eventually brought down the government. The double murder shocked Slovakia and became a watershed moment in the country's fight against corruption and organized crime.