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Man who threatened to kill Iva Miteva remains in custody

Lyubomir Yakov in court
Photo: BGNES

The Sofia City Court has ruled that Lyubomir Yakov, who threatened to murder National Assembly President Iva Miteva, shall remain in custody.

“I am sorry, it was not premeditated,” the man said in court. Yakov, who had been released under house arrest, failed to appear in court this morning where this measure of restraint was to be re-examined and, at the request of the prosecutor’s office, replaced with “on remand”. However, Lyubomir Yakov was later apprehended at an internet club in Stara Zagora, after faling to return to the house arrest address



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