Postponed trial of Ilir Đokaj accused of murdering Šejla Bakija

In the High Court in Podgorica, the trial of the defendant Ilir Đokaj, accused of murdering Šejla Bakija and wounding her father, was postponed until March 6.

Independent adviser for public relations Marija Raković told "Vijesta" that the criminal panel has been changed. The case was taken over by judge Veljko Radovanović, while the former president of the panel of judges, Irena Šofranac-Nedović, was assigned to the second instance panel.

The higher state prosecutor's office in Podgorica filed an indictment against Đokaj lir, accused of murdering Šejla Bakija /19/ and wounding her father Šaban (42), on Karabuško polje in Tuzi. In the indictment of the state prosecutor Ana Radović MA, it is stated that Đokaj committed the criminal offense of aggravated murder under Article 144 point 4 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro, the criminal offense of attempted murder under Article 143 in connection with Article 20 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro and the criminal offense of illegal possession of weapons. and explosive substances from Article 403 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro.

"Because on September 30, 2021, at around 15.15:7,65 p.m., in Tuzi, in the Karabuško polje settlement, he was aware of his actions, the execution of which he wanted, knowing that his actions were prohibited, and deliberately took the life of the injured Baki Šejla. out of base motives, and then deliberately tried to take the life of injured Baki Saban. In the way that on the terrace of the injured party's family home, out of reckless selfishness and a sense of possessiveness, the injured Šeila, who refused to renew the extramarital union with the defendant, which had been broken off a few months earlier, during which time the defendant pursued the injured party directly and by phone, informing her that she was not among them her life was almost in his hands, from a gun of an unknown brand, caliber XNUMX millimeters, which he held and carried in a public place without authorization and for which he did not have a weapon license issued, after the conversation during which B. Š. repeated her will that she did not want to renew her union with him and that she did not love him, in the presence of the victim's father, fired five projectiles in the direction of Baki Šeila, which hit her in the area of ​​the chest, left arm and left leg, from which projectiles she sustained injuries severe and life-threatening injuries, as a result of which death occurred on the same day," the indictment reads.

As further stated in the indictment, after that, and at the moment when the victim Bakija Šaban approached him in an attempt to grab his hand, the defendant turned the gun towards the victim and fired one projectile in the direction of the chest of the victim, which hit him, after which walked away towards his Audi vehicle, registration number HN, parked in front of the house.

"That, after the victim Šaban went after him, the defendant, again, fired two projectiles, one of which hit the victim in the abdomen and left leg, while the other projectile hit a pillar on the terrace of the house, during which the victim received a particularly serious and life-threatening bodily injury in the form of a gunshot wound to the chest, a gunshot wound to the abdomen and a gunshot wound to the left leg," the indictment reads.

At the indictment review hearing, defendant Đokaj said he regrets the tragedy.

"Honorable judges, before I say anything about the procedure itself, I would like to deeply apologize to the Baki family for the tragedy and the loss of a young life. It is my human and moral obligation because of the love I had for my Šejla," the accused Đokaj said at the time.