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Accused Marian Kocner during a public session at the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic in the case of the murder of Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová in Bratislava on June 15, 2021. PHOTO TASR - Jaroslav Novák

The verdict sent shockwaves though a country that had been expecting a vastly different outcome given the weight of evidence presented in this landmark case, which reshaped the country's political landscape and whose impact is still resonating today.