On November 23, the trial of the accused police officer Dalibor Ljeko\u010devi\u0107 continued in the Basic Court in Podgorica, for extorting a statement with severe violence from the victim Benjamin Mugo\u0161a.<\/p>\n
The trial was attended by the defendant Ljeko\u010devi\u0107, who was brought to the premises of the Basic Court from custody where he is being held on the basis of prosecution for another criminal offense, and the injured party, Benjamin Mugo\u0161a, with his representatives, the representative of the prosecution, as well as two of the four summoned witnesses.<\/p>\n
The trial began with the questioning of Sr\u0111an Kora\u0107, deputy head of the criminal police. He said that during that period they were working on solving crimes related to the placement of explosive devices near the restaurant “Grand” as well as the one that was activated near the house of Du\u0161ko Golubovi\u0107. He said that they were well prepared for these two cases, and that they informed the prosecutor about it. After receiving information from one person that Benjamin Mugo\u0161a participated in the two mentioned criminal acts, on the order of the prosecutor Ivana \u0160i\u0161evi\u0107, a search was carried out at the location where they had information that Benjamin Mugo\u0161a lived. Kora\u0107 pointed out that he was regularly at work that day, but that he did not meet Mugo\u0161a.<\/p>\n
He learned the details of Mugo\u0161a’s complaint about the alleged torture only from prosecutor \u0160i\u0161evi\u0107, when he was questioned as a witness, Kora\u0107 said. He added that they have cameras in the corridors of the criminal police department, but they don’t have them in the offices. The central information system has access to those cameras, but it does not know whether they monitor events 24 hours a day, so it thinks that the cameras record non-stop. Communication with colleagues to whom he is superior is done via radio link or telephone, but it is more often via telephone.<\/p>\n
Judge Beci\u0107 had questions related to the coverage-observation of the terrain before the search, so Kora\u0107 explained that this means that when the search order is received, which is usually the day before, a wider circle is secured in relation to the facility. When asked if the defendant Ljeko\u010devi\u0107 showed the location of Mugo\u0161a, the witness replied that it was possible, that he could not remember exactly, but that he remembered that the search was carried out around 6 am. He also added that he knows that Mugo\u0161a sent a letter to the director of the Police Directorate from custody.<\/p>\n
Kora\u0107 confirmed that he was informed that Mugo\u0161a refused to give a statement and that he was taken to a polygraph examination. After that, he received information from acting prosecutor \u0160i\u0161evi\u0107 that Mugo\u0161a was in the Administration for the Execution of Criminal Sanctions during the period when the bombings took place, and that he could not participate in the crimes that were being investigated during that period. After that information, Kora\u0107 stated that they contacted their colleagues from UIKS, from whom they received an answer that was forwarded to the prosecution. Based on the answer received, Mugoshi’s detention was terminated. So, from the moment he was deprived of his freedom until he received a response from UIKS, Mugo\u0161a was in custody.<\/p>\n
Then the witness Danilo Grbovi\u0107, who is a colleague of dismissed police inspector Ljeko\u010devi\u0107 and who is accused in another proceeding with four other police officers, was also heard for extorting a statement from Marko Boljevi\u0107 with severe violence. Grbovi\u0107 said that in the morning he was engaged in searching the house of Benjamin Mugo\u0161a, after they found out that his real address is not in the family house but in Zabjelo, where he lives as a tenant with his girlfriend. He stated that he went to that address and after making sure that it was the right one, he waited for his other colleagues to arrive so that the search could begin. He stated that Mugo\u0161a called a lawyer, but that the lawyer told him that he would not come, so they conducted a search and took Mugo\u0161a to the premises of the Security Center in Podgorica. He said he knew that Mugo\u0161a was placed in the party room. His last activity that day, and regarding Mugo\u0161a, was that he took Mugo\u0161a to a polygraph examination on the order of his superior, where he stayed for about 15 minutes, after which he returned Mugo\u0161a to the same room reserved for parties. At around 11 a.m., he left the building of the Police Directorate because he continued his work outside the building. Grbovi\u0107 confirmed that when they are in the field, they communicate with their superior Chief Kora\u0107 via radio or telephone.<\/p>\n
Although two more witnesses were called to yesterday’s trial, they did not appear, so the next trial scheduled for December 28, 2023. the hearing of Ljubisav Strikovi\u0107, Nemanja Vujo\u0161evi\u0107 and Radoman Vuja\u010di\u0107 is scheduled.<\/p>\n
The Civic Alliance will continue to actively monitor this and other trials for torture cases, within the project “Without impunity for violation and violation of human rights in Montenegro”, with the support of the Delegation of the European Union in Montenegro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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