Branimir Vukčević and Momčilo Baranin from Podgorica will each receive 5.000 euros in compensation because they were brutally harassed, humiliated, beaten and left injured on the street by the Sajvos, after the Democratic Front protest was broken up in October 2015.
This is what Judge Simo Rašović of the Basic Court of Podgorica decided in the first-instance decision, partially accepting their request to pay them 25.000 euros each for the injury to their honor and reputation, the fear and physical pain they suffered.
The decision states that the prosecutors experienced abuse by the police, although they did not give any reason for it.
"The state did not prove that the use of force was caused by the behavior of the prosecutors, on the contrary, it follows from the file that the prosecutors were peacefully walking down the street and were attacked and injured by authorized police officers for no reason," the verdict explains.
Although the decision established that the police officers violated all standards and powers, the judge considered that the claim was set too high, and that it was fair to award them 5.000 euros each.
Vukčević and Baranin previously said that they only asked the policemen if they could pass through the so-called Zlatarska street, that they got permission, but that they started beating them out of the blue.
“They told us: 'Lie down pi.de one', which we did. After that they started kicking us. One of the policemen put his foot on my head, pressed a baton to my face and asked me if I wanted to smoke... Several more policemen came and continued swearing and kicking me in the body," Vukčević said earlier. Baranin added that he felt fear for his life while he was being beaten and that he had the hardest time explaining to his children what happened.
Both previously explained that they had attended the DF meeting that night, but that they did not cause riots, nor did they participate in them.
Lawyer Dalibor Kavarić filed a lawsuit on their behalf, demanding that the state pay them 25.000 euros each for brutal insults and attacks by the police that evening.
Any amount of money cannot represent adequate compensation for what they suffered, especially not the amount determined by the judgment, which is an underestimating small amount and constitutes continuity in the torture of the plaintiffs. We will try to point that out to the High Court," lawyer Kavarić told "Vijesti"
Referring to the practice of the court in Strasbourg, the lawsuit adds that this is a particularly severe form of abuse, due to the impossibility of resistance, and that no one in the Police Department has protected themselves from such actions by officers, which represents a real danger that something like that could happen again. .
"The consequences caused by this kind of behavior are still ongoing, especially considering that the perpetrators have not been found and prosecuted, which creates a real danger of repeating such a crime, either to the prosecutors or to someone else who happens to be at the wrong time in a place where such members of the police are present," the lawsuit states.
In the response to the lawsuit, it is briefly written that there are no grounds for compensation, because there is no evidence of the state's responsibility.
The same judge awarded Beranc Milinko Kićović, who was also abused by the police in Zlatarska Street that evening, the same compensation, but the High Court recently changed it to twice the amount of money.
Even today, it is not known who beat the citizens
The police officers who beat the citizens have not been identified to this day.
Earlier, as in the case of the beating of Milorad Mijo Martinović, the Constitutional Court concluded that the prosecution conducted an ineffective investigation in this case as well, and demanded that the prosecution carry out the proceedings to the end.
The Podgorica Prosecutor's Office, however, still does not have any information about who beat the citizens that evening.
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