Lawyer authorises intern for session representation in Oliver Ivanovic's murder case, execution of trial

In this case, for involvement in Ivanovic's murder, which had occurred in January 2018, Marko Rossic, Nedelky Spasojevicq, Dragisa Markovic, Zarko Jovanovic, Silvana Arsovic and Rade Basara are charged, reports the “Bettim for Justice”.

At the beginning of the session, attorney Vasic's deputy, Goran Mitrovic, handed the court written authorization, and then the hearing continued with the provision of protection from accused Rade Basara, who had begun at the preliminary session.

However, after a brief pause, the court noted that lawyer Vasic had written to authorize the office intern.

The chairman of the court, Judge Valon Kurtaj, said that in principle they trust lawyers and that he had informed lawyer Vasic yesterday to bring a replacement for today's session.

“Today, he gave us a warrant from attorney Dejan Vasic, where we once again saw the authorisation of Judge Mue (a juro juro member) has more language experience, I asked him what the term means on authorisation says he authorises it to the office intern, who the intern has no access to come here”, Judge Kurtaj said.

Similarly, Kurtaj said lawyer Vasic has been very aware of what criminal work we have here to do here, what punishment is pronounced for this criminal act and who can replace the lawyer in this case.

The “so that only one lawyer who is a member of the licensed Lawyers' House can be replaced here, so the court at the moment interrupts judicial review”, Judge Kurtaj said away.

Judge Kurtaj asked Mitrovica (Practicant) whether lawyer Vasic has announced where something Mitrovic confirmed has come.

“Are you a lawyer?

Also, Mitrovic said he was also licensed by that intern in the Oda of Lawyers, where he introduced him to the court.

I was told and explained that my client is accused of misusing the official task, which is the prior sentence for 5x1>, Mitrovic said away.

According to Judge Kurtaj, regarding whether the court will take judicial action against lawyer Vasic will decide at the next session after he gets a statement from lawyer Vasic himself.

This is not right that we have a big job today. We have received authorisation even now why we can't write every letter with sending the translators who give it back to you we can't, any matter over and over again to walk that technically we don't have access to”, Kurtaj said.

According to him, this is an unkind behaviour of lawyer Vasic, because regardless of whether his client is accused of criminal acts punishable by up to five years, the case is a case that is prosecuted for organised crime.

As for actions that were taken in advance in this session, Judge Kurtaj said he would be put to the next session after conditions are created.

The same man also asked the Mitrovici intern to inform the lawyer Vasic that he will attend the next session.

Otherwise, the initial session was held on February 11, 2020, while the Constitutional Court in Pristina, on April 6, 2020, had refused requests for dropping the indictment on December 27, 2019, and objections to the evidence.

Following the complaints of four lawyers, the Court of Appeals had approved their complaints and the case had been returned to restoration and the Foundation was required to eliminate contradictions, enabling the prosecutor to declare or correct and fulfill the indictment in order to comply with the 241 KPK article.

According to the indictment, indictees Nedjlo Spasojevic, Marko Rosic, Rade Basara and Silvana Arsovic are charged with co-operating with indictees Zeiko Bojq, Zvonko Veselinovic and Milan Radojic, who are on the run and two other unknown defendants, acting as a criminal group aimed at expanding control in the northern part of Mitrovica, both in political life and general activity of the organised criminal group, have acted deliberately and known to carry out the criminal offense, where each of the defendants has now occurred in the day of Oliver Ivanovi's death, having committed concrete actions in the political life and general activity of this group, and the prosecution group has now felt like a criminal murder group.

Indictee Dragisa Markovic is charged with “Statement of official secrecy” by Article 433, par. 2.1 Penal Code. Markovic and Zarko Jovanovic are also charged with “Using official duty in co-ordination” by Article 422, par.1 related to par.2, subpar. 2.2 connected to Article 31 of Penal Code.

Also, accused Jovanovic is charged with criminal work “retaining ownership, control or unauthorized possession of weapons” by Article 374, par.1 of the Criminal Code. The accused Nedeljko Spasojevicc, on the other hand, is also charged with criminal work “holding ownership, control or unauthorized possession of weapons” by Article 374, par.2 related to par.1 of the Penal Code.

While, on December 27, 2023, the Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Kosovo (PSRK) has filed charges against Milan Mihajlovic over Ivanovic's murder case, which he charges with four criminal acts. /Betimy for Justice