A month's detention for allegedly raping 13-year-old in Prizren

The Constitutional Court in Prizren has pronounced a month's detention of the United States on suspicion that it violated a 12-year-old at noon on 7 March.

According to the Media Community from the Constitutional Court in Prizren, it is said that “by March 7th in the afternoon, the U.S. defendant, after taking him with his car to the injured 13-year-old child, defendant Sh.B., affects those injured on foot near the knee and in various parts of the body until the injured was sitting in the passenger seat, and at a moment during the movement stops by police patrol, where the defendant is accompanied to the police. Would these facts be argued, however, in further stages of criminal procedure”.

The court, in case of detention against indictees, has estimated that there are legal reasons for the appointment of the detention measure, and from the evidence collected up to this stage, comes a given suspicion that; The procedure judge estimates that conditions for the detention assignment have been met, because the defendant with his stand in freedom may be concealed or delivered on the run with the intent to avoid criminal responsibility because of the impending high penalty for this criminal act, which is predicted to be sentenced to ten (10) years to 20 years, as well as the weight of criminal work, which is very serious nature.

The other reasons for the detention measure is that if the defendant is released to freedom, he may influence the child as injured or even the family members to change statements or even conceal evidence.

And there are also legal reasons for the detention assignment, because investigations into this matter as far as the defendant is being released to freedom have reason to believe that the same will affect the child as harming or even family members in some way to change statements or even eliminate or hide some material evidence. Therefore, taking into account the high statement, the Court has concluded that in concrete cases the detention measure is more opportune and more reasonable considering the burden of criminal work, the manner and circumstances of carrying out, the appointment of detention for the defendant is more than necessary and reasonable, and because of the guidance of regular criminal procedure investigation and the risk of the escape or hiding of the indictees”, it is said in the court municipality.

Note: Against that decision, the dissatisfied side has a right to complaint, through the Constitutional Court in Prizren, the Court of Appeals in Pristina. The complaint does not suspend the execution of this act.