Moderators Moderator_02 Posted August 5, 2020 Moderators Share Posted August 5, 2020 Quote Virus test delays influence-peddling trial of judge’s son Ortega Jnr Posted 04/08/2020 A hearing into influence-peddling by the son of former Supreme Court judge Oydén Ortega Durán, and the judge’s former secretary, scheduled to start on Tuesday, August 4 has been moved to September 3, as one of the defendants felt feverish and was tested for COVID -19 The intermediate hearing was to validate the evidence to be used in the trial. for Oydén Ortega Collado, and Claudia Purcait, son and ex-secretary, respectively, of the ex-magistrate of the Supreme Court of At the start of the proceedings, Purcait reported that she felt feverish. Her lawyer, who spoke at the hearing via videoconference, said that a swab test was done to determine whether or not she has a coronavirus. The result has not been delivered. Judge Justo Vargas decided to reschedule the hearing which has its genesis in a complaint filed by the Chirican businessman César Alvarado Taylor, who accused the son of ex-magistrate Ortega Durán of having asked him for money in exchange for the admission in Court of an appeal, related to a lawsuit for the sale of eight farms in 2002. Alvarado Taylor was also charged, but on Tuesday, his lawyer Carlos Augusto Herrera informed journalists that his client had reached an agreement. The terms of that arrangement are unknown, but Herrera indicated that Alvarado Taylor will continue to participate in the process, but now as a witness for the prosecution. At the time, Alvarado Taylor filed a complaint against Ortega Durán before the National Assembly, which eventually filed it for alleged lack of evidence. Alvarado Taylor contributed details of the conversations held with Oydén Ortega Jr., in which he would have requested money to obtain the admission of a cassation appeal related to a process for the sale of eight farms. Supposedly, the strategy - according to Alvarado Taylor- was that the file, which was initially in the hands of then magistrate Harley James Mitchell, would move to Ortega Durán, and the key intervention of the interim president of the Court, Hernán De León. Mitchell finished his 10-year term in Court in January 2016, and Ortega Durán in March 2019. Alvarado Taylor acknowledged that he paid $ 40,000, of which $ 15,000 was for the admission of the appeal. He said that in order to get the ruling to his advantage, they were demanding $250,000. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/virus-test-delays-influence-peddling-trial-of-judges-son Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_03 Posted January 5, 2022 Moderators Share Posted January 5, 2022 Quote Covid-19 delays influence-peddling trial of son of ex- magistrate Posted 04/01/2022 The influence-peddling trial of the son and secretary of a former Supreme Court judge has been postponed until March 8 as one of the accused has tested positive for covid-19. The process against Oydén Ortega Collado son of former magistrate Oydén Ortega and Claudia Purcait began with a complaint filed by Chirican businessman César Alvarado Taylor, who accused the son of the former magistrate, of having requested money in exchange for the admission of an appeal, related to a lawsuit for the sale of eight farms. Alvarado Taylor also pointed to Claudia Purcait, former secretary of former magistrate Ortega The Trial Court adjourned the case after Ortega Collado tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, as confirmed by his lawyer Orison Cogley. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/covid-19-delays-influence-peddling-trial-of-son-of-ex-magistrate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_03 Posted September 7, 2022 Moderators Share Posted September 7, 2022 Quote Court confirms 5-years jail for son of former Supreme Court judge Oydén Ortega Collado Posted 06/09/2022 The Superior Court of Appeals confirmed the sentences of 5 and 4 years in prison imposed on Oydén Ortega Collado, son of the former magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice, Oydén Ortega Durán, and Claudia Purcait for the crime of corruption of a public official, imposed by a Trial Court on March 25. During a hearing held this Tuesday, September 6, the Court of Appeals decided to maintain the sanction imposed on Ortega Collado. In Purcait's case, the prison sentence was commuted to the payment of a fine of $5,000 payable to the National Treasury. The ruling maintained the decision of judges Ilka Castillo, Jennifer Saavedra, and Roberto Tejeira, who unanimously gave a guilty verdict for both defendants for having managed the handling of a judicial ruling that was in the Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/court-confirms-5-years-jail-for-son-of-former-supreme-court-judge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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