During today's hearing two expert witnesses who had already differed in their opinions whether Cacic had driven too fast or not when his Chrysler hit a Skoda Fabia on the Nagykanisza-Budapest motorway in January 2010, reiterated their assessments.

Expert Zoltan Lovasz, who previously testified that the accident had been caused by speeding, today insisted that Cacic had driven at the speed between 140 and 150 kilometres per hour when the accident happened, adding, however, that a margin of error was between 10 and 15 percent, which meant that the speed of Cacic's car might range between 125 and 165 kilometres per hour.

Lovasz also insists that Cacic failed to adjust his driving to the conditions on the road. Cacic, however, claims he had been driving at the speed of 125 kilometres per hour, which was below the upper limit of 130 kilometres per hour, and that he had entered a patch of fog when he hit the car in front of him.

Expert Mihaly Rektor, who already claimed that the speed of Cacic's car had not been excessive and that the two passengers in the Skoda Fabia sustained fatal injuries when their car crashed into the motorway barrier, today said that after studying additional expert materials on this matter he had come to a conclusion that Cacic had been driving at the speed of 135 kilometres per hour.

According to both experts, the Skoda Fabia was driven by Katalin Liptak at the speed 40 kilometres slower.

Expert Rektor said that only the Skoda driver had been her seatbelt on while other passengers in her car were unbelted. He went on to say that after the crash, Cacic's car slowed to the speed of 120 kilometres per hour while the Skoda's speed accelerated to between 100 and 120 kilometres and hit the motorway barrier which he deems to be fatal.

Cacic, who today appeared at the Hungarian court accompanied by his lawyer Cedo Prodanovic, said after the hearing that he expected nothing on 29 June. "It is not up to me. It is the court that will deliver a verdict," he said.

In attendance at today's hearing was Katalin Liptak, the Skoda Fabia driver. In the fatal accident, Katalin Liptak and Zoltanne Hitter survived the crash, but Liptak's 81-year-old mother and 60-year-old husband later died of injuries they sustained in the crash. "Cacic must be held responsible for the accident", Liptak said.

At his initial appearance in court, Cacic said he felt responsible and expressed regret, but rejected the charge that he had driven too fast, claiming that visibility had been poor.

In his comment to press in Zagreb on Wednesday, the Croatian official said that "accidents cannot be reasons for resignations" and that "if there is responsibility, then one can resign" although some time ago he had announced his withdrawal from politics in the event of a prison term for the motorway crash.

The trial is being covered by many Croatian and Hungary media, with the latter assessing that a final verdict may be waited for up to two years since the announcement of a non-final judgement next Friday.