A month's detention for 58-year-old allegedly raping a minor

The Constitutional Court in Pristina has approved the Constitutional Prosecutor's request in Pristina and has appointed a month-long detention measure against indictees J.G., under suspicion that it violated a minor.

“Preparative procedure judge, after the hearing, I appreciate that legal conditions for the appointment of the detention measure for defendant J.G. have been met, as there is doubt that the same had been carried out in the penal act, Rapon”, the statement said.

The court says it assessed whether defendant J.G. Left at large, there is the danger that the same could prevent the course of criminal procedure by influencing witnesses, affecting and obstructing the investigation into minor injury, the court also estimated that if the defendant is found on freedom, the risk of his departure exists.

“The court considers that the burden of the criminal act is of grave nature, so assigning the detention measure is a necessary measure in this criminal case and that any other measure would be insufficient for successfully implementing criminal procedure, preventing the normal course of this criminal procedure, and preventing the repetition of criminal work”.

The court also announced that disgruntled parties have the right to complaint at the Court of Appeals of Kosovo, through the Constitutional Court in Pristina.