The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg issued a verdict stating that the state of Montenegro did not protect its citizen Zdravko Milićević, who, as stated in the verdict, must therefore pay a total of 7.500 euros.
"The state did not protect him from the attack of a mentally ill person, even though the police were aware of the risk he posed to others, thereby violating Milićević's right to respect for private and family life from Article Eight of the European Convention on Human Rights," according to the verdict published yesterday. .
A mentally ill person attacked Milićević in his cafe in early 2013, threatening to "bring a knife and a hammer and kill you." Not long after, this person returned to the cafe with a hammer and hit Milićević in the head area.
During the court process, it was established that the attacker is a long-term psychiatric patient suffering from schizophrenia.
He was admitted to a specialized psychiatric hospital several times, and it turned out that he attacked his neighbors in several cases.
The court ordered Montenegro to pay him 4.500 euros for non-material damages, as well as 3.000 euros for the costs of the proceedings.
The verdict was handed down by a seven-member panel of the Court, and Montenegrin judge Ivana Jelić was one of the members.
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