The Basic Court in Podgorica rejected the indictment against Dejan Čurović and Ivan Siništaj, accused of endangering the safety of "Vijesti" journalist Olivera Lakić.
This was confirmed by the spokeswoman of that court, Ivana Bečić, to "Vijesti".
"By the decision of the Basic Court (K. no. 341/14) dated June 12.06.2014, XNUMX "The indictment proposal of the Basic State Prosecutor's Office (ODT) in Podgorica, filed against the defendants Dejan Čurović and Ivan Siništaj for the criminal offense of endangering security, was rejected, because there is not enough evidence that the defendants are reasonably suspected of the crime that is the subject of the accusation," the statement said. court.
The case was assigned to judge Jelena Perović.
The "Vijesti" journalist failed to get an answer from the ODT whether they will appeal the court's decision on the rejection of the indictment proposal, because the deputy of the ODT Zoran Vučinić did not answer the phone, nor did he respond to the message sent to him.
A month ago, Sinistaj and Čurović, in the company of Ivan Bušković, who was convicted of physically assaulting Lakić and Dragoslav Perazić, stopped "Vijesti" journalist Vladimir Otašević on the street and poured out a series of threats and insults against his colleague.
The incident happened when Otašević was walking back from the Basic Court, where the hearing was supposed to be held for the "football players" accused of giving a false alibi to Ivan Bušković.
Otašević then told the inspectors that, while he was on the sidewalk at the intersection of Ulica Ivan Vujošević and Bulever Sveti Petar Cetinjski, a black Mercedes came from the opposite direction and stopped next to him.
"I heard that someone uttered a gross insult against Olivera Lakić. Then I instinctively turned around and saw an unknown man in the passenger seat of a black Mercedes, who was looking directly at me. I took a few steps closer and asked what it was about, and he told me 'Is journalist Olivera Lakić alive'. I asked them why they were interested in that, after which he repeated the same insult against her, and then said: 'Greet her,'" Otašević said.
Sinistaj and Perazić, along with four other friends, were accused of lying when they told the court that Bušković was playing football with them at the time when Lakić was physically attacked in March 2012. Bušković was sentenced to death for that attack, but the motive was never established.
In addition to Sinistaj and Perazić, Bušković's brother Nikola, as well as Branko Bašović, Simo Đurović and Borko Čađenović, were also accused of giving a false alibi. They are charged with the criminal offense of giving a false statement, which is punishable by a prison sentence of three months to five years.
Former police director Veselin Veljović said at the end of September 2013 "that the elders who led the investigation told him that Ivan Bušković was innocent in prison". He said this at the trial of his former footman and head of security, Milenko Mića Rabrenović, accused of threatening Lakić and her family.
After that testimony, Lakić filed a report against Veljović, and the investigation in that case has not been completed. She asks the prosecution to investigate the veracity of his claims or, otherwise, to determine why he is helping Bušković.
Since February 2011, Lakić has been the target of harassment and threats, and later of physical attack. She has been under police protection for more than two years.
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