Lack of witnesses, war crimes hearings against Scyrir Lutville fail

According to the indictment, Lutvija is accused of committing war crimes during the war period, reports the quality of inspector and police at the Prizren Police Station. “Battle for Justice”, broadcast Periscope.

The case judge, Kujtim Krasniqi, indicated that witnesses Agron Hoti, Uke Kolgeci and Hasan Shala were prior to this session. They had accepted the invitations regularly but had not announced the court's absence.

The prosecutor of the case, Ilir Morina, proposed that witness testimony Cemajl Kolari be read with the reasoning that it was taken in accordance with legal provisions, in the presence of accused Lutvi and his lawyer, Jovana Filipovic, who had been able to pose questions.

For her part, lawyer Filipovic opposed reading this testimony, stressing that after witnessing in P SRK, witness Kolari has gone to the scene with the forensics unit. She demanded that the witness physically present himself to clarify the content of the photographs on the subject papers, stressing that this is the only way for the full confirmation of the facts by the court.

Prosecutor Morina reiterated that the part involved in forensic expertise is not relevant to this judicial review. He stressed that the video recording of the site was made in 2022 [323, at the police station, about 25 years after the event. He left the witness's hearing at the judgment of the Court.

As for witness Agron Hoti, prosecutor Morina said he withdraws from his hearing, since, after reviewing his statement, it has been found that he has not identified the accused Lutvia.

At the initial session, held on September 17, 2024, Lutvija was acquitted of being charged.

The Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Kosovo on September 4th 2024 has filed charges against Shaqir Lutjija, who is charged with the quality of inspector and police at the Prizren Police Station, individually and in co-ordination with other persons of Serbian police forces during the 1998-1999 period in Prizren, during wartime in Kosovo, has been practicing the depressive measures of murder, arrest, beating, torture and inhuman treatment.

The Actakuz says that according to witness testimony: Murat Kabashi, Elmi Gashi, Sefer Ejupi, Vehbi Velija, Kemajl Kolari, Uke Kolgeci, Haxhi Gashi, Safet Gashi, Hasan Shala and Arsim Zuba, accused Lutvi from 28 September 1998 to 7 October 1998, in association with other members of police forces, have undertaken a campaign for their arrest in Prizren prison, in the quality of the Albanian national population, among them: R.J., and the tall ones.

All in accordance with the indictment, Serb forces after the arrest were sent to the Prizren Police Station, on whom the accused Lutviija, along with the other defendants, in the quality of the inspector of this station, questioned the injuries and during the interrogation process have beaten them with boxing and kick, with other strong means and other methods of inhuman treatment.

In the indictment, Lutvija and other defendants reportedly used electric power tools, which they placed on their hands and on their genital organs, with céçkarst as a result of this R.J., had died, while Murat Kabashi, Elmi Gashi, Sefer Ejupi, Vehbi Velija, Kemal Kolari, Uke Kolgeci, Haxhi Gashi, Safet Gashi, Hasan Shala and Arsim Zuba suffered serious bodily injuries.

With this, Lutvi is accused of committing a joint criminal act “war crimes against the civilian population” by Article 142 concerning Article 22 of RSFJ's Criminal Law. /Periscope