The head of the court security guards in Sofia district will be brought to punishment for his humiliating attitude towards journalists, it emerged on Tuesday.

Evgeni Tropchev drew the anger of court reporters last Saturday when, dressed up in a sports outfit, he arrogantly mocked and teased them while they were covering the release of the owner of Bulgaria's major torrent site arenabg.com at Sofia District Court.

The reporters suffered light injuries after being beaten and kicked by the guards. They approached the prosecutor's office, saying they have been forcefully prevented from doing their job, namely cover the release of Eliyan Geshev.

Geshev, owner of the arenabg.com web site, which is one of Bulgaria's main torrent sites providing users with pirate music, movies and software, was arrested Friday evening only to be acquitted by a Sofia court a day later.

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