Radonjić: The police stigmatized Vulićević

Vlado Vulićević was arrested without a warrant, and a search of the building where he lives found nothing compromising - neither illegal substances nor weapons.

This was announced by his legal representative, lawyer Jovan Radonjić, reacting to the allegations of the Police Administration about the arrest of three people in Cetinje.

"My client Vlado Vulićević was arrested without a warrant early in the morning on 10.12.2023 December XNUMX, and on the same day the building where he lives was searched, during which nothing compromising was found (neither illegal substances nor weapons). Synchronized with his arrest and with the arrest of other suspects, unfortunately, the Police Directorate came out with a statement that "an attempted murder in Cetinje has been solved", although a solved criminal offense can only exist in the case where there is a legally binding court verdict for the same. It is indicative that a full three months have passed since the moment since the victim, according to his statement, accidentally found that an explosive device had been planted under his car, and that is a quite decent period to prevent the prosecutor's office and the police from "running out" by targeting suspects for this serious crime. However, already two days after After the arrest, the prosecution relieved my client of the criminal offense of "attempted murder" and remained on the charge of "illegal possession of weapons and explosive substances", although, I repeat, it was not found during the search of the premises where he lives. This kind of action by the state and the media, which, even though he was previously unconvicted, immediately placed him in the position of a member of a criminal clan and someone who participated in such a serious crime, caused serious stigmatization of both himself and his family, regardless of what in the eventual court proceedings that would follow prove his innocence, almost irreparable damage was done. All of us who advocate for a legally governed state, and who are part of the judicial system, of course we encourage the eradication of criminal acts to the greatest extent possible, but not at the expense of human rights and a sufficient amount of evidence that would indicate that a certain person committed a crime. In fact, a contribution to professional and impartial action in this direction is also the decision of the investigating judge Borko Lončar, who did not pre-emptively and automatically order detention according to the proposal of the prosecution for all the suspects in this proceeding, but assessed whether there were grounds for detention and sufficient grounds for suspicion that suspected perpetrators of a criminal offense in general. With the reclassification of the offense and this decision, in a way, the condemnations pronounced in advance by the repressive state authorities and the public have already been promptly denied," states the reaction of the lawyer Radonjić.