On Thursday 27 November 2025 the District Court in Trnava decided that Josef Šipoš will serve the rest of his seven-year prison sentence as house arrest.[1][2] The court acted on a proposal from the director of the prison in Hrnčiarovce nad Parnou, and the decision was final immediately.[1][2] He had 1,289 days left.[1]
He must lead an orderly life and submit to electronic monitoring.[1][2] He may leave the house for work, a doctor or offices, and he may not travel outside Slovakia.[1][2] Aktuality also reported that he may not drink alcohol or use other psychotropic substances.[1] He attended by video link, apologised, and said he would start at once in the job he had before.[1][2]
His lawyer, Igor Ribár, said Šipoš had previously spent nearly 999 days in custody and that the Ministry of Justice was considering a pardon request.[1][2] If he breaks the house-arrest conditions, the prison sentence returns.[2] The Regional Court in Trnava had convicted him finally in March 2025 of unauthorised production of and trafficking in a narcotic and psychotropic substance, placed him in a minimum-security prison, and ordered forfeiture of a digital scale and a grinder.[1][2]
Police found the cannabis in 2021 at his house in Dolné Zelenice, in the Hlohovec district: more than 11 kg, which he said was for ointments and tinctures for sick people, including his parents.[1] The ointments were not seized.[1][2]
Noviny’s photograph shows a man speaking in court with an orange armband on his sleeve.[2]
