The defendant Milan Brajović, aka Mića and Fitilj, pleaded not guilty today at the trial in the High Court in Podgorica, in the case involving Stefan Đukić and Emil Tuzović, who were accused by the Special State Prosecutor's Office of preparing the murders of judges, prosecutors and police officials.
Brajović called the indictment a fantasy of the special prosecutor in order to make themselves victims.
The accused criminal group of the accused Stefan Đukić and Emil Tuzović planned to attack and beat the High Court judge Biljana Uskoković, as well as the chief special prosecutor Milivoj Katnić and his colleague prosecutor Saša Čađenović.
In addition to Tuzović and Đukić, Zoran Perović, Dušan Dudić, Milan Brajović, Nino Korać, Stefan Mićić, Aleksandar Raičević, Dušan Boljević, Albin R. Salić, Branko D. Pejanović, Haris Tuzović, Goran Milašinović and Bojan G. Lopičić are also accused.
"I understood the indictment. I'm not guilty and I don't feel guilty. Although I defended myself in the investigation by remaining silent, I will present my defense in court," said Brajović, who is accused of being a member of a criminal organization.
The indictment stated that the defendant Stefan Đukić demanded from Brajović and Zoran Perović to accompany Nikola Dedaj in order to kill him in a cruel and insidious manner.
Đukić is accused of being Brajović's boss that as soon as the new government dismisses the head of the Police Directorate, Zoran Lazović, and police officers Petar Lazović and Ivan Đoković, as well as the chief special prosecutor Milivoj Katnić and Saša Čađenović, and after their dismissal, immediately kill them in a cruel and insidious manner .
The indictment adds that the defendant Đukić sent the accused Brajović photos of judge Biljana Uskoković, then followed her, which Brajović accepted.
"This indictment is an ordinary fantasy of the special state prosecution. I do not know any of the accused. Only one person I met in 2013 while I was serving a prison sentence in UIKS, and that is the accused Stefan Mićić. I have never seen the other defendants in my life. The indictment accuses me of being most active in 2020. And that very year I spent serving my sentence, and I am accused of following former police officers and former special prosecutors. This can be easily verified. After leaving prison, I spent time with my family and relatives. I did not leave my place of residence in the municipality of Danilovgrad because the ban was in force due to the corona virus pandemic. I have never used an encrypted phone and sky app. For 16 months now, I have been wondering why I am in detention and labeled for such crimes. Lately I have come to understand why because the former special prosecutors staged this indictment to make themselves victims. We are witnessing that operational data indicate that they are the ones who belonged to a criminal organization. That's all I have to say," said defendant Milan Brajović.
Defendant Stefan Mićić said that he will defend himself by remaining silent and will not present a defense. The defendant, Aleksandar Raičević, stated that he does not recognize the allegations in the indictment and that he is not a member of a criminal organization. The defendant, Nino Korac, said that he would defend himself by remaining silent.
In the decision of the Court of Appeal, it was stated that the defendants are reasonably suspected of having committed the criminal acts charged against them by the indictment of the Special State Prosecutor's Office of Montenegro, i.e. that in the course of 2020 and beyond, the defendants Stefan Đukić and Emil Tuzović, together with others by a so far unidentified person, created a criminal organization whose goal is to use violence and intimidation, and at the same time it is planned to influence the political, executive, legislative and judicial authorities in the operation of the criminal organization.
"The defendant Emil Tuzović decided for himself and in agreement with the defendant Đukić, that he plans in the future to commit the criminal acts for which the criminal organization was created, to recruit persons through other members of the criminal organization to become members of the criminal organization, to incite members of the criminal organization to commit crimes crimes against life and body to the detriment of the holders of judicial functions in Montenegro - judges and prosecutors, in order to delay criminal proceedings and avoid the responsibility of members of a criminal organization for the crimes for which they are accused. Then to coordinate preparatory actions, monitor the holders of judicial functions, plan and determine the time and place of attacks on holders of judicial functions in Montenegro, with the aim of inflicting serious physical injuries on judges and depriving the lives of special prosecutors and police officers, in charge of solving serious crimes that was carried out by the criminal organization. The defendant Zoran Perović to act according to the orders and instructions of the organizer of the criminal organization of the defendant Stefan Đukić, to establish communication with the holders of the highest state positions in the executive branch, to offer them money and other benefits in exchange for the holder's influence, using his previous acquaintance and his real and assumed influence executive authorities to dismiss and elect holders of judicial functions - judges and prosecutors, who would deliver acquittals in court proceedings against the organizers and members of the criminal organization for crimes of aggravated murder and other crimes committed in an organized manner. By offering the holders of public functions of the executive power at least one million euros to remove the Chief Special Prosecutor Milivoj Katnić and the Special Prosecutor Saša Čađenović, who initiated, led and filed charges against the organizers of the criminal organization.
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