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Leshtanski's prediction triggered panic in the town of Haskovo, forced people out of their houses and made them spend the night on the street. Photo by BGNES
Astrologer Emil Leshtanski will be tried in the Bulgarian capital Sofia for giving misleading and wrongful information, which led to massive evacuation of a southern city in April 2009.
This has been ruled on Monday by Haskovo District Court, following a demand by the prosecutors, who said the alleged wrongdoings took place in Sofia and the defendant should be tried there.
Several days before Easter 2009, Leshtanski wrongly predicted a devastating 6.0-magnitude earthquake in the region of the Bulgarian city of Haskovo which drew many people out of their houses, forced them to spend the night on the street, and brought record-high profits to local insurance companies.
Leshtanksi was quick to apologize for wreaking havoc and throwing Haskovo's residents into panic, but this was deemed insufficient by the locals, who threatened to sue him for deliberately lying to the people.
If found guilty Leshtanki faces up to two years in prison.
However, since the astrologer has no criminal record, he is likely to receive just an administrative fine in the range of BGN 500-5000.
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