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The Secret on the Construction Site

What happened at the Depot of Noel and Fatima Ltd.?

By Mr F. P., the Victim

Police Report

I intend to file a police report against an unknown man tried to kill me today. My name is Petúr Fajkó and I live with my wife in Szatymaz, at Duna Street 68. The man who attacked me wore a black ski mask. It happened around 5 a.m. today, at the Depot of Noel and Fatima Ltd., Lajos Street 67. He poured gasoline on my face and tried ignite it with a lighter while he whispered "You are dead”. I was unceasingly trying to defend myself, flailing and trying to knock the bottle of gasoline out of his hand. When I heard him telling me that I was going to die, instead of fighting back, I was able to flee the site. I ran out through the small fence gate, exiting the site and next to the gate I noticed a bicycle. I took it and riding with all the strength, I went home. At home, I told my wife and she cleaned my face of the gasoline. I don’t know whose bike it was and I don‘t even know how it got there, but when I felt my life in danger, I didn’t care, I sat on it and rode away. I remember certainly that the man who drenched me in gasoline tried to come after me and catch me, because he ran after me and even then, he was clicking his lighter, but luckily, he didn't catch me. I've been working for this company for years. The company is located in Szatymaz, at Lajos Street 67. The property is internally located, but there are fields and other types of lands in its immediate vicinity. On the street facing side of the site, i.e. Lajos Street, the property is fully fenced by red metal fence. The fence here has a small gate that we usually only close, but don't lock. I start work every morning at 5 a.m. when I'm still alone at the site and usually arrive a few minutes before the start of my shift. I don't know who my attacker was. The only thing I find strange is that the dog at the site was lying in its place completely calm and peaceful when I arrived at the site, even though the attacker was already at the site. Therefore, I assume that the dog knew the attacker because, as I said, he did not bark at all. I have a good work relationship with all of my colleagues, so I have no idea who attacked me.I don't recall if the bike had already been there when I arrived at the site. I still believe that my attacker was already there when I arrived, because I didn't hear any noises. I don‘t know why I didn’t notice the bike when I arrived. All that comes to mind is that I didn't see it in the dark, because otherwise the bike was on the opposite side when I found it.Of course, I cannot rule out the fact that the bike was not there when I arrived. I can't tell you the reason, I just have a gut feeling that my attacker came to the site before me. I'd like to add that the gate is pretty squeaky. Maybe that’s why I think my attacker arrived before me, because I closed the gate and didn’t hear the door creaking after that. I even swallowed a few sips of gasoline that he poured on my face and it even went in my eyes, so I didn't see everything well. To clarify, the attack hit me exactly when I went into the building at the site, took off my own coat inside, put on my tradie jacket and left the building. At that moment, as I stepped out of the building, this unidentified man jumped in front of me and began pouring the gasoline on my face. I didn‘t hear any noise or movement before my attacker appeared in front of me, and I didn’t even see him. In response to the repeated question by of the acting detective, I can tell you that I do not think it is probable that this man was trying to steal something, because, as I said, I did not notice such a thing, so there was no reason to dump me with gas for theft. Without question, I would like to say that I am extremely exhausted now, and I would like to go home. I understood the request from the police officer to consider who I might have been in conflict with recently.

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Mrs F. P., the spouse of the victim

Ms Ö. V., prostitute

Mr K.P., sole trader

Mr E.L, working abroad

Mrs. S.D.S., the girlfriend of Mr E. L.

Mr F. P., victim, builder

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I’m Mrs. Fajkó, the wife of Mr. Petúr Fajkó. I don’t know if my husband has any enemies. This morning, my husband went to work, left after about 4:30 p.m., and came home shortly after 5:10 p.m. At that time, he was very upset, saying that someone wanted to kill him. He smelled like gasoline, and he told me that this unknown man poured gasoline on his head and wanted to light him on fire with a lighter and told him he was going to kill him. He also said he managed to escape with a bicycle. He didn't know whom it belonged or how it got there. My husband leaves for work every morning after 4:30, because his work shift starts at 5:00. He usually walks there.I declare, I don’t know if my husband has any bad relationships, and I don't know anything about anyone trying to hurt him. More specifically, there is one person, but that man is currently working in Austria, so he certainly couldn't have been the one who attacked my husband. A man named Mr. Lotar Ekker, he is my husband’s cousin. The conflict between them stems from the fact that my husband unfortunately hooked up with Lotar’s wife. That’s why there was a conflict between them, Lotar said he was going to kill my husband, but I don't think he could do that, but it’s true that lately, at least as far as I know, he’s been acting pretty strange. It’s also true that it was very bad that my husband and his wife slept together. I don‘t know all the details about this, because I’d rather not know and I don’t really want to hear about it, because the events took a toll on me, and this is why I‘m really depressed.

Witness Statement 17 October, 2016 Mrs F. p., Witness

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A witness interrogation shall begin with information given to the witness about his/her procedural rights.

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I uphold my complaint unchanged. I know that the police interrogated my wife, and that my wife said in her statement that I was having an affair with Mr. Lotar Ekker's partner.It is true that Lotar had threatened me before, but I don’t think he was my attacker this morning, because as far as I know, he is in Austria working in Klagenfurt as a kitchen porter. I declare that Lotar is my cousin. He used to work for the same company as I do, so we were colleagues. As I recall, he left the company in October last year. I think he’s been working in Austria since November last year, from where he came home to his family for only a few days a month. Lotar’s wife, or more precisely his partner is called Daria Sellő Sába. I often met Daria, because we are cousins with Lotar. She complained that she missed her husband and made hints that she was actually missing love. It was at the beginning of 2016 when Daria and I developed an emotional and sexual relationship. Unfortunately, shortly after the beginning of our relationship, we got caught. Lotár found our messages on Daria’s Facebook page, and showed it to my brother, and from there on the news spread like wildfire through the whole family, everyone found out what happened between Daria and me. This happened in May; I remember because he didn't come home that month, he stayed in Austria. During this period, he only talked to his partner, Daria via Skype. I don't know exactly what they talked about, but Daria told me a few times that because of what happened, he threatened to cut her throat. I was ashamed of myself, I was afraid, so I didn't want to see Lotar anymore. Lotar had also been calling my wife regularly and had told her what happened. My wife had a difficult time because of these conversations, more precisely, not the conversations, but because of what happened. By the way, Lotar said things to my wife that he would shoot me in the head or cut my throat for doing this to her. That’s why I didn‘t think of Lotar because he didn’t make any threats with gasoline. Actually, I still don't think that Lotar poured gasoline on my this morning, because he’s in Austria and I don't think he’s serious about these threats. I last met Lotar in August this year, when he came home. Then he came to me and asked me why I did what I did to his wife. He said he was going to ruin my family and threatened to kill me. At that time, I denied that I had anything to do with Daria, I only admitted that Daria wrote to me on Facebook. It seemed that Lotar was completely upset about this affair, because he even tried to separate our family members completely. I remember he even raised black foil over his yard so that my family wouldn't see his yard. Then in August he went back to Klagenfurt and said he had moved on. His wife was forgiven, after which the threats ceased. That’s why I don't think Lotar was an attacker. The question is, I still don't know who it was who attacked me with the gasoline. declare that I’m not mad at Lotar because of the threats, I probably would have threatened him if he had slept with my wife.

Witness Statement 16 October, 2016 Mr F. p., Victim

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The prohibitions to testify: under certain specific circumstances laid down in the CPA, the person cannot be interrogated as a witness.

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I am telling you that I don't know the phone number 06/70-345-8975. I don’t know why there were only two calls on this phone number and one of them to my number. I have no doubt that I could have been called from this phone number last night. If I was called it was because I was providing sexual services, but as I understand, this is not a crime, so I don‘t understand why you’re interrogating me. I will tell you that I provide sexual services in the vicinity of the train station in Szeged. Yesterday I had only two customers, one in the morning and the other in the evening. If you ask me, I'll tell you that my phone records probably include the phone numbers of the two customers from yesterday. I don't want to tell you the phone numbers of these people, because discretion is a very important element in my line of work. I understand the warning that I am obliged to answer these questions. From my call history, I can identify that last night, before I met the man, he called me from 06/70-345-8975. I declare that the man didn't really want to have sex, he just wanted to talk to someone. He seemed very emotional, he was talking about things that his wife cheated on him, that he didn't even want to live anymore, but he also said that it would be best for him to kill the man who fucked his wife. I just told him that I think both solutions are stupid and I tried to get closer to him, but he didn't actually let me do anything with him. I'd probably recognize the man if I saw him again. I firmly state that the photograph of Mr. Petúr Fajkó is not the man I met last night. I can't explain how it is possible that according to the mobile subscriber’s data, the subscriber is Fajkó Petúr, who is on the photo, because this isn’t the man I had met last night. A friend of his must have called from Fajkó Petúr’s phone. I declare that the man didn't introduce himself to me.I showed up at the police station because it came to my attention that the police were investigating my person and wanted my name to be cleared. I firmly declare that I had nothing to do with the man who poured gasoline from a Cappy brand plastic bottle on Petúr, nor do I have any idea of who wanted to kill him. I declare that I have been in Klagenfurt, Austria since August 2016. I declare that yesterday I did not travel to Szeged, nor did I travel to Szatymaz, nor did I buy a bicycle in Szeged. I had nothing to do with this event.

Witness Statement 17 October, 2016MS Virag Örömszerző

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The defendant understands the nature of his statement and the consequences of its acceptance.

The defendant is a Hungarian citizen.

There is no reasonable doubt about the sanity of the defendant and about the voluntary nature of his guilty plea.

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I am the partner of Ekker Lotár, who currently resides in Austria, works in Klagenfurt as kitchen porter. I‘ll tell you that my husband was last home in August this year, and he hasn’t come back from Austria since then. I don't want to talk about what happened between me and Petúr. I understand the detective’s warning that I have to make a statement about this, even though I would rather not. I also understand that I am obliged to tell the truth. This is very unpleasant for me. My husband, or he is my partner actually, went to Austria last November, because he thought he would make more money there and be able to support his family more easily. I supported this idea, because it was really good that he made a lot more money than at home and sent this money home on a regular basis. Since my husband has been working in Austria, we make a living much more easily, going to the hairdresser and beautician is less of a financial burden, and I’ve been able to afford some new clothes. I think that’s what a woman deserves. At that time our relationship was not really love, because we had already been together for more than ten years, we had two children, so it was like being together just out of habit. I‘m a loving woman, so I really missed the fact that I didn’t have a man next to me. I have had a crush on Petúr Fajkó for a while, who is my husband’s cousin. So, it was a situation that was much better financially, and it was also possible to get to know Petúr better. At first we only wrote to each other, but then something more romantic developed between us, and so to speak, we got together with Petúr. These were very good months, but it didn't last long. In May, Lotár wrote me text messages in which he used the words of Petúr, and if we were speaking on Skype, he used words that Petúr used to say, of which I was sure that Lotár had found out about our relationship from somewhere, but he didn't say he knew about it. Soon after, Petúr’s brother showed us a message we had exchanged on Facebook, and by that time the whole family had known of our relationship. After that, Lotar didn't come home in May. We talked on Skype almost every day, and in these conversations, he said that he was very upset by these events.Lotár even contacted a psychologist. I know this because he mistakenly transferred the therapy fee to the wrong recipient, I found about this from an e-mail, but Lotar never talked about it. During our conversations on Skype, Lotár became increasingly desperate and began to threaten me, and once he said he was going to cut my throat. I told Petúr this. Petúr didn't want to meet anymore, and I was sad about it. I'd like to ask, why do I have to tell the police about this? In response to a police officer’s question, I don't know what happened to Petúr this morning. When asked, I don't know if my husband came home from Klagenfurt. I don't think so. In fact, I‘m sure he did not, I’d know about it. Now, I really want to know what happened to Petúr this morning. I don‘t understand the warning that you can’t tell me that right now. If the police don’t answer my questions, I won’t answer the police questions. I don't understand why my love life has to be recorded. After threatening me with a police-issued penalty, I will tell you that, although I don't think it’s important, but since August of this year, everything is okay between Lotár and me, because he forgave me. In the summer, he spent a lot of time at home, caring for the children and once we went to Klagenfurt with the children. We had a great time there, a wonderful city with great cafes and many super boutiques. So my husband forgave me, it’s true that sometimes he asked questions, but he only hurt me once, at the beginning of summer, when he punched me in my stomach, but then I feel like he forgave me. Maybe I deserved that punch. My husband went back to Klagenfurt in August, he hasn't been home since then, we hardly talk about this since then, when he went back, he called me a slut once in August, but he never said that again. I'm outraged that the police are questioning me about my love life. I think the police shouldn't be dealing with my love life, they’re supposed to catch criminals. Criminals who need to be punished.

Witness Statement 17 October, 2016MS Dária Sellő Sába

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The investigation consists of two stages: the inquiry and the examination.

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I posted an advertisement listing a Csepel-branded bicycle for sale. Yesterday, in the early evening hours, I got a call from a man who was interested in the bike and we agreed that I’d take the bike to the train station in Szeged around 21:00 because he wants to buy it. I didn't feel like going anywhere so late at night, but it seemed like a serious opportunity, so I took the bike to the station. There I met the man and he bought the bike. When asked, I'll tell you, in the photo put in front of me, I recognize the bike I sold to this man yesterday. I'm certain that I sold this bike yesterday to the man I met at the train station I can‘t give a particular description of this man, on the one hand, because I didn’t really observe him, on the other hand it was dark, and third, there was nothing special about him, he was an ordinary man. I'll tell you, we made a contract for the sale, but the contract stayed with the man who bought the bike. Yes, only one copy of the contract was made. I can't tell you the phone number that this man called from, but I can use my phone to tell you from the call history. This number was 06 70 345-8975. I‘ll tell you, if I saw the man again, it’s unlikely I’d recognize him.

Witness Statement 17 October, 2016MR PÁL KERÉK

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The "new" code on Hungarian Criminal Procedure is Act XC of 2017.

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I will tell you that I came home voluntarily from Klagenfurt and asked to be interrogated as a witness, because my family members had informed me that they had been questioned as witnesses because of the love affair between my partner and my cousin. I showed up at the police station because it came to my attention that the police were investigating my person and wanted my name to be cleared. I firmly declare that I had nothing to do with the man who poured Petúr with gasoline from a Cappy brand plastic bottle and who wanted to kill him. I declare that I have been in Klagenfurt, Austria since August 2016. I declare that on yesterday I did not travel to Szeged, nor did I travel to Szatymaz, nor did I buy a bicycle in Szeged. I had nothing to do with this event.

Witness Statement 17 October, 2016MR LOTÁR EKKER

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