The Court of Appeals has announced the verdict for Mario Përlleshaj, accused of the murder of 14-year-old Martin Cani.
The appeal upheld the decision of the Court of First Instance, which had sentenced Përlleshaj to 16 years in prison for the serious incident that occurred in Tirana.
Martin Can's father, in a statement to the media after the end of the hearing, stated that they are not satisfied with the author's sentence, as they claimed more.
"What happened to us should not happen to anyone. Our pain is very great. Laws are laws, but we claimed a greater punishment. The punishment is for 2 criminal offenses. A young man can kill 50 people today with a bomb, and is sentenced to 12 years in prison. As you know, there are 2 qualifying circumstances. Thank God there were no other children there. As for the perpetrator, Luis was dead, while he killed Martin with a knife in the heart. Our pain is very great," he said.
