Sretko Kalinic (47), a member of the infamous “Zemun clan”, remains the most closely guarded prisoner of “Zabela” of Pozarevac.



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14.11.2020. 23:10

Sam is in a cell. He plays sports, trains and reads a lot. Not much has changed physically. He’s not very muscular, he’s tougher. Likes to read, source says “Hello!”

Sretko Kalinic

Sretko Kalinic, Photo: Youtube screenshot

Kalinic’s defense has filed a petition with the European Court of Human Rights seeking violations of his rights during the assassination of Prime Minister Djindjic.

Sretko Kalinic (47), alias Zver i Beli, who was sentenced to 30 years for the murder of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic (48) and the crimes of the Zemun clan, is serving his sentence in Zabela prison in Pozarevac, and is in a cell for security reasons. “Hi!”. Kalinic is one of the most guarded prisoners of the “Zabela” Seventh Pavilion, to which he was transferred almost five years ago, and he goes out for a walk alone.

– Play sports, train and read a lot. He was one of the best Croatian athletes before the war. In the prison yard, which is the size of a basketball court, he runs a lot and trains in the room. Not much has changed physically. He’s not very muscular, he’s tougher. He Likes to read. Now I brought him the three books he was looking for. His family comes to visit him and he is mentally fine – a well-informed prison source said “Hello!”

As we learned, before the coronavirus pandemic, Kalinic had the right to go for a walk when the members of the “red berets”, Nenad Bujosevic Rambo and Branko Bercek, were abolished after the state of emergency.

Kalinic’s defense has submitted a petition to the European Court of Human Rights to establish violations of his rights during the assassination of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic. Kalinic’s defense lawyer, Slavko Petric, specified that he requested a determination of the violation of the right to a fair trial and the violation of the right to defense, and that, as he pointed out, if adopted, it would be the basis for filing an extraordinary judicial appeal in Serbia

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The Belgrade Court of Appeal upheld his 40-year prison sentence for a series of murders, kidnappings and other crimes, which he committed as a member of the Zemun clan. The court determined that he was the direct executor of the settlements of Todor Gardašević, Sredoje and Zoran Šljukić, Zoran Uskoković Skolet, Miloš Stevanović, Jovan Guzijan Cuner, Rade Cvetić and Ivica Nikolić.

He pointed out that the aforementioned petition was presented before 2015, and that in the meantime he was informed that the case was taken up by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights, which in the first instance discusses only very important issues and interpretations of the European Convention of Human Rights. .

– The petition was presented because we proved that on the critical day he was not in front of the Serbian Government building (where the Prime Minister was assassinated), but in another place. This was confirmed, among other things, during the test by the driver of the tram on line 9, who did not even drive his line that day, but as a replacement. Kalinic never said who shot the prime minister, because he was not present, the defense attorney stressed.

According to the lawyer, the right to defense was violated, since the defense was not allowed to compare the testimonies of the associated witnesses of the first procedure, when he was tried in absentia, with the testimonies of the repeated procedure when he was present. in preparation for the closing remarks.

Shot Joca Amsterdam with a tile in CZ

Kalinic has repeatedly shown in custody that he is ready for anything. He tried to escape arrest in the Central Prison, and shot Sreten Jocic, better known as Joca Amsterdam, with a tile that he threw from his bathroom in the cell while the guards escorted him. A razor and rope woven from a torn T-shirt were found in his cell a few years ago, our source said.

According to the indictment, Kalinic was in the “Passat” at the time of Prime Minister Djindjic’s assassination, in front of the Institute of Photogrammetry building, from where JSO member Zvezdan Jovanovic Zveki fired at Djindjic. It was supposed to provide fire support if there was an armed confrontation.

After seven years on the run, Kalinic was wounded by Milos Simovic on June 8, 2010 in Zagreb. Two fake Croatian passports were found near him, and it is interesting that he introduced himself to the man who found him after the shooting with his real name. He was taken to the Zagreb hospital with two bullets in the chest, but was not immediately arrested because he was not wanted in Croatia. He was extradited to Serbia on August 25, 2010, as the first Croatian citizen to be surrendered under the Mutual Extradition of Suspected Citizens Agreement between Serbia and Croatia.



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