Podgorica Basic Court judge Rade Ćetković will try two police officers, Vukoman Maraš and Miloš Bečanović, accused of abusing three young men in the center of Podgorica in February last year.
Judge Larisa Mijušković Stamatović previously accepted the settlement of the three policemen Mladen Vujović, Slavko Furtula and Marko Stojanović, who agreed to spend two and a half months in prison.
Since Maraš and Bečanović did not accept the settlement and asked to be tried, judge Mijušković Stamatović asked for exemption from the case, and the president of the court, Zoran Radović, accepted that request.
"Judge Rade Ćetković was in charge of the case on the same day. Namely, this case was formed against the defendants VM and MB for three criminal offenses of abuse from Article 166a of the Criminal Code of Montenegro," the spokeswoman of that court, Anja Krkeljić Milić, confirmed to "Vijesta".
A prison sentence of three months to three years is provided for that criminal offense, if it was committed by an official in the performance of his duties.
The attorney for the injured young men, lawyer Lazar Aković, told "Vijesti" earlier that he will not appeal the verdict accepting the settlement, because the police officers expressed remorse and apologized to the injured parties, and that he hopes that this punishment will be a sufficient warning to all police officers to behave professionally. according to his work.
That they reconciled is evidenced by their behavior in court, when the young men, after accepting the agreement, made love to the policemen who beat them.
Officers of the Intervention Unit were accused of beating JB, SN and MD on February 16. After the media published the footage of the beating recorded by security cameras, the prosecution initiated proceedings, and the start of the trial was postponed four times due to negotiations with the prosecution.
The video shows policemen beating three young men with their hands and feet.
The police officers, however, claim that the young men provoked them, insulted them and disobeyed the police orders.
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