Top court rejects Majsky's appeal against nine-year sentence

A senate of the Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected businessman Jozef Majsky's appeal against a nine-year sentence for fraud concerning the bankruptcy of non-banking institutions Horizont Slovakia and BMG Invest, which robbed many Slovaks of their savings early in the millennium. The trial at the Supreme Court took place in Majsky's absence, as he is still in the Czech Republic and did not excuse himself from attending. Majsky was detained in hospital in June by the Czech police on an international warrant.