A bullet in his chest took the life of his friend, 18 years and 6 months in prison for Liridon Oruqi

The murder of young Fatlind Arfi in Bresalz, Gjilan, in the summer of last year had shocked the country. He was killed with a bullet in his chest by his friend Liridon Oruqi. The latter had been sentenced to 25 years in prison, but after retrial of the subject's re-qualification, the verdict has already been reached. Liridon Oruci will remain in prison for 18 years and 6 months.

On the evening of July 28, 2018, he was dating his society to the country known as “The Lapidari” in the village of Bresalz in Gjilan. But he did not come back alive from there.

22-year-old Fatlind Arifi took a bullet to his chest shot by his friend, Liridon Oruqi, 26.

For the head of the murder that had shaken not only Gjilan, but all of Kosovo, the Constitutional Court in Gjilan has made the decision Wednesday.

18 years and six months will stand behind the blinds of Liridon Oruqi, who deprived his friend, Fatlind Arifin of life.

For the murder of 22-year-old, Liridon Oruqi was initially charged with three criminal acts, “grave murder”, “Candation” and “Warning without permission”. However, prosecutor Agron Uka had requalified the criminal act, under which, out of “severe murder”, the defendant was charged with “common murder”.

Uka has told Gazeta Express that the re-qualification of the course was done because there was no evidence that other people who were present on the night of the murder were present or felt endangered.

“Landa has gone from serious murder to common murder. Following the suggestion of the Court of Appeals, it has proved that the lives of other people present have not been endangered because severe murder means when the lives of a crowd are threatened. When we asked the witnesses, they said they were not finished and threatened by suspects. Therefore, for criminal acts to exist “grave murder” there must be danger among others, so that goes down because others are not endangered. In these situations we've come to re-qualification of the work “Common Murder”, Uka said.

The re-qualification prosecution's “The indictment has passed today. Legal qualifications is that the murder was done directly, his purpose was to deprive the deceased of the life already. So there's a vulative element, will, it's inconsistent that will existed. Because the moment he manipulated with a gun, which he held in that position, this isn't an accident murder”, Uka stressed for Express.

Uka, meanwhile, has added that on the tragic night, Liridon Oruqi has consumed narcotic substances but has not been proven to have influenced his action.

The “that night has consumed marijuana, but psychiatric examination, in the hearing and expertise says that in terms of the offense, the defendant has been fresh when he took this action, has not impacted psychophysics the amount of three smokes to take such an act”, Uka said.

The chairman of the court, Judge Ramiz Azazi, accused Liridon Uruqi, has on Wednesday pronounced the 18-year prison sentence for the acting “common murder”, and 1 year imprisonment for arms without permission. During the term, there is also the period since Oruqi has remained in custody.

The Constitutional Court in Gjilan, in April of this year, had sentenced Liridon Oruqi to 25 years in prison.

23 years in prison had been pronounced for criminal work “grave murder”, while 2 others for criminal work “Candation” and 1 year imprisonment for “Artification without permission”.

After that, Oruqi was pronounced a unique sentence of 25 years in effective prison.

Of these three charges, Oruqi had accepted only that of illegal possession, already declared innocent of the “heavy murder” and “Canning”.

The case had later passed into retrial, as the defence had complained with the stated move.

Afterwards, Oruqi's lawyer had complained about the move. The reason for the defense was that the murder had happened by accident and that there was no intention on the part of the accused.

The Defence Request had approved the Court of Appeals on September 12th of this year, restoring the subject to retrial.