Murder in “Ban Vivant”, Appealy rejects prosecution and defence complaints, confirms the foundation judgment against Andy Pajazit

The Court of Appeals has rejected the Constitutional Prosecutor's complaint in Pristina as well as the joint complaint of accused Andy Pajaziti's defenders. With that decision, Appeals has confirmed the act of Constitutional Court in Pristina (P.N.1259/24) on March 20th 2025.

Under this indictment, Pajaziti had been acquitted of criminal responsibility “Murder conducted in a state of severe mental shock”, after the court had concluded there are circumstances that rule out criminal responsibility, respectively that his actions were within the necessary protection, reports “Betimi per Justice”, broadcast. Periscope.

The case relates to the August 4th 2023 event at the “Ban Vivant” locale in Pristina, where K.R. was killed.

However, Pajaziti was found guilty of criminal work “holding in ownership, control or unauthorized possession of weapons”, for which he was sentenced to two years in prison. In this sentence, even the time spent in custody is calculated, while the detention measure against him was interrupted.

The Constitutional Prosecutor in Pristina on 21 June 2024 has filed charges against Andy Pajazit over the August 4th 2023 murder at the “Ban Viant”. Pajaziti was charged with criminal work “Murder conducted in a state of severe mental shock” after, according to the Prosecutor, the shock he had received from now on of the late K.R., the accused without his guilt and without thinking of the consequences had drawn the weapon and shot in the direction of K.R.

Otherwise, in this banned case there was N.L.l., suspected of criminal activity “The provision of assistance following the conduct of criminal acts”, which was assigned a month-long detention measure on 5 September. The same, after a month of this measure, has been suspended from custody, as there was no request from the prosecution for continuing detention. On the other hand, Gezim Zakuti and Hisni Gecaj, suspected of involvement in the case, were released on August 29, 2023. The other suspect in the case, Dukagjin Nikollaj, is on the run.

The Constitutional Prosecutor in Pristina, on August 5th 2023, announced that all suspects in the case of “Bon Vivant” have criminal past. And Interior Minister Jedal Svecla has made the justice system guilty of killing “Bon Vivant”.

Regarding the August 4th case, Kosovo's Clinical Hospital Service and University University had announced that 17 people have been injured, while one of them died as a result of his injuries. The case reportedly occurred as a result of a dispute among defendants.

Kosovo police had confirmed in the early hours of August 5th that in the incident that occurred at a local in downtown Pristina, there are persons injured with firearms, but also from glass fragments. /Periscope