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Lawyer Zora Dobricanin Nikodinovic, defense lawyer for those accused of participating in Slavko Curuvija’s murder, presented new evidence to the prosecution and to the court in the pre-trial introductory statement before the Belgrade Special Court, i.e. a letter received before the first conviction for the crime was overturned. She proposed that a new witness, a former Montenegrin state security member, appear in court.
– On 2 April last year, an official note signed by Vasilija MIjović arrived at my office by mail, stating who ordered and committed the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija. I cannot read its contents due to the label it bears, but I suggest that we call Vasilije Mijović as a witness – said defense attorney for the defendants Milan Radonjić and Ratko Romić. Apparently, Mijović, a former member of the Montenegrin DB, sent the note to former adviser to President Filip Vujanović.
He also suggested that during the process, in order to prove the innocence of his clients, the testimony of the only eyewitness to the murder, Branka Prpa, be read, recalling that he had repeatedly stated that he did not recognize the defendant but the deceased Luka Pejovic as the person who shot Curuvija. .
Dobricanin Nikodinović also claimed yesterday that the deputy prosecutor’s statement that “the murder of the journalist was committed by order of an unknown person from the highest structures of the then government” was a political speech for which he offered no evidence.
– The prosecutor says, by order of unknown persons from the highest structures of the authorities at the time, but apart from the political discourse, he did not state if it is one or more people, which proves that claim, how do you determine the motive? How does the prosecutor know that they are people from the highest power structures and who he is? It’s a pretty vague term for such an important charge. If the prosecutor specifies, maybe another witness is hiding? For example, witness Dragan Kojadinović said that Vuk Drašković was the Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Government, is that the highest government structure? – stated defense attorney for the defendants Milad Radonjić and Ratko Romić, claiming that “the deputy prosecutor did not earn a salary because he did not provide concrete evidence to prove his allegations in the prosecution, and then changed the proposal to re-examine everyone the witnesses and still asked not to be heard. “
Radomir Markovic’s defense attorney, Vladimir Marinkov, asked the Trial Chamber to extract from the file the testimonies of the members of the “Zemun clan” Milorad Ulemek Legija and the brothers Milos and Aleksandar Simovic before the start of the investigation, explaining that neither defense attorneys nor defendants attended these statements and could not ask questions or verify their veracity.
Before the start of the trial, lawyer Slobodan Ružić, who represents the family of the murdered journalist, stated that they point to the property claim, the amount of which will be determined later.
The trial is scheduled to begin on November 16, when the trial of the accused will begin.
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