A month's detention for the person who killed and burned his brother

The Constitutional Court in Gjakova has approved Gjakova's Constitutional Prosecutor's request, assigning the detention measure to defendant G a month. K., Albanian, citizen of the Republic of Kosovo, due to suspicion based on committing criminal acts of serious murder.

This is the complete communique:

Defendant G. K. On February 11, 2020, about 11: 00 p.m. in the village of Brnjak in Rahovec, with the aim of gaining wealth, he has deliberately deprived his brother B. K. On the critical day, the defendant goes to the deceased's house, and after entering the kitchen door, he shoots three-four-time gunfights toward the deceased, who was then lying on the couch, talking on the phone. Following this incident, defendant G. K. He leaves the scene towards his house, to return to the crime scene after seven or eight hours, and after taking the lifeless body by dragging it into a blanket, dragging it into the backyard behind the house, covering it with different glands and burning it. In order to eliminate traces, remains and pieces of deceased bones are thrown out of the house on the edge of the neighborhood.

By this act, the defendant is suspected of committing a criminal act “grave murder” and “retaining unauthorized possession of weapons”, actions sanctioned with the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo (KPRK).

The defendant will be held in custody for a (1) month long, which will be counted from April 09th, 2020, and will last until May 09th 2020.

Pre-procedure judge at the Rare Crimes Department, Gezim Pozheg, after reviewing the subject paperwork, has considered the legal conditions for appointing the detention measure to the defendants have been met, as assigning alternative measures would be insufficient for successful development of criminal procedure.

The sides have the right to appeal to this decision at the Kosovo Court of Appeals.