Oliver Ivanov's wife does not testify in court claims security is threatened

However, on March 4th, she announced to the court that she could not participate in the session due to “the political and security sector” and sought to issue her statement via video connection. The next session is scheduled for May, while the witness hearings proposed by attorney Faruk Kornica have been postponed for today.

State prosecutor Borim Cherkini said the trial in the case of Milena Popovich has been postponed several times, though, as he said, has been in the interest of the witness to hear it and that it cannot be expected indefinitely.

We have one of her statements. As without other witnesses, we believe this investigation can continue even without its presence”, the prosecutor said, Kossev reported.

Radet Basara's lawyer, Tome Gashi, was hired by the prosecutor's opinion.

We cannot allow the court to politicise. No one holds responsibility for the police resignations in the north, we can't force Milena Popovic to come. At the time it says it will come, it will now issue a statement with video link, but the court decisions cannot change”, Gashi said.

Faruk Korenica, Nedeljko Spasojevich's lawyer, has claimed to have heard several times that Milena Popovic is ready and waiting to be heard before this court.

The last time he said, I'll tell you the name and name of the person who killed Oliver. Those words conflict with the statement she has issued during the investigative procedure. I know there are legal ways, there is agreement between EULEX and Serbia to offer judicial assistance, I think it's good to be heard that way”, Kornica said.

Lawyer Dejan A. Vasic, who represents Dragisa Markovic, said Milena Popovic did not mention any of the defendants except Silvana Arsovici in her statement.

I don't know why that woman was proposed for witnesses. I want to ask the court to focus on this trial on the important things and reveal the truth about Oliver Ivanovic's murder. All this trial, which has been going on for years, the witnesses that have been heard, are much like the” investigation.

Judge Valjon Kurtaj said he is aware that this procedure is dragging on without the blame of the tribunal and the parties and that it will try to get a statement from Milena Popovic through international free aid. If that is not possible, the court will decide the case again.

When it comes to listening through video connection, the judge said he does not consider it a regular legal manner and a safe way of hearing.