On the recordings reviewed in the Podgorica High Court, it can be seen that on October 13, 2016, the witness Mirko Velimirović enters the room of the house at Stari aerodrome, where he uses his mobile phone to photograph the weapon that is hidden in the horizontal ice cream refrigerator.
Defense lawyer Miroje Jovanović said this in the courtroom.
At the retrial of the accused for the attempted terrorist attack on the day of the parliamentary elections in 2016, Jovanović requested the decision of the Special State Prosecutor's Office granting Velimirović the powers of an undercover investigator.
Velimirović previously told the court that he sent those pictures to the witness Aleksandar Saša Sinđelić, with whom he was supposed to create the impression that he had acquired weapons for the planned protests in Podgorica.
The video does not show a weapon, but it shows Velimirović leaving the room several times, and then the voices of one or more people are heard from whom he receives instructions on what to do.
"The people who are heard in the background and who are members of the Police Directorate did not consider that what they were forcing Velimirović to do was not in accordance with the laws and constitutional rights. What we saw on the video is an undercover investigator in an attempt because we know that there were no weapons. This is a simulated operation of the Police Administration," said Jovanović.
Special Prosecutor Zoran Vučinić said that in 2018, the Constitutional Court deemed as unconstitutional the provisions of the Law on Criminal Procedure, which until then, based on the explanation of the Police Department, the prosecutor could order secret surveillance measures.
"As these actions were carried out in 2016, the decision of the Constitutional Court cannot refer to this evidence and this measure of secret surveillance is not unconstitutional," said Vučinić.
Lawyer Dušan Jovović pointed out that Vučinić is ignoring the fact that the decision of the Constitutional Court cannot be applied in legally concluded proceedings, which is not the case with the case against the accused for attempted terrorist attack.
Lawyer Nikola Medojević said that the defense and the accused do not know what Velimirović was painting, commenting on the surveillance camera video in the house at the Old Airport.
Medojević said that Velimirović claimed in court that he took a picture of the weapon and that he forwarded the photo to Sinđelić in order to convince him that he acted according to his instructions. On the other hand, Medojević stated, Sinđelić said that on the photographs sent to him by Velimirović, he saw a weapon that was also outside the ice cream box, that is, on the floor of the room.
"On the video shown, it is obvious that there are no weapons on the floor of the room. We see that Velimirović is painting something, but we don't know what," stated Medojević.
He added that a few days later, that is, on October 16, 2016, the police made a photo report showing several weapons.
"According to the undisputed information from the file, it is stated that there were only 15 guns in that room, while the information that there were 50 guns is constantly being passed around," Medojević said.
Lawyer Dušan Radosavljević said that the police footage showing Velimirović repeatedly entering the room and taking pictures of the weapon was supposed to serve as evidence "for the trap set up for the accused in this case".
The lawyers of Medojević and Radosavljević pointed out that the video in which Velimirović is seen painting the inside of an ice cream fridge is a confirmation that he never acquired a weapon in Kosovo from a certain Fadilje and then disassembled it and threw it into Lake Gazivode.
"It remains unclear why on October 13, 2016, when Velimirović was in Kosovo, he did not take a picture of the weapon that he allegedly bought from a certain Fadilj and sent that photo to Sinđelić, but on the same day he came to Podgorica where, with the help of the police, an entire improvisation of taking pictures of the weapon was carried out." , Medojevic said.
He also added that even Keanu Reeves in the movie "John Wick" could not do the mileage that Velimirović covered in the few days before the parliamentary elections and all the actions he undertakes.
"His movement is so absurd and irrational. It is impossible that he could have done all those actions in Kosovo so quickly and returned to Podgorica," Medojević said.
In support of the claim that no arms were purchased in Kosovo, Jovanović said that according to the base stations, at the time of the meeting with a certain Fadilje, Velimirović was not in Zubin Potok but in Raška.
Velimirović said in the previous proceedings led by judge Suzana Mugoša that he reported the whole case to the police a few days before the implementation of the plan of violent invasion of the Parliament.
He said that he took the weapon, the use of which was planned for October 16, 2016, on October 13 at Mokra Gora, disassembled it, took the boat and threw the weapon and ammunition into the lake.
With the overturned verdict, the leaders of the Democratic Front (DF) Andrija Mandić and Milan Knežević were sentenced to five years in prison each, for, as the indictment states, membership in a criminal organization since February 2016.
The organizers of that group - Russians Eduard Šišmakov and Vladimir Popov - were sentenced to a total of 27 years in prison.
The former commander of the Serbian Gendarmerie Bratislav Dikić was sentenced to a single sentence of eight years, and Predrag Bogićević and Nemanja Ristić to seven years in prison.
By the same decision, Srboljub Đorđević and Milan Dušić were each sentenced to one and a half years in prison, Branka Milić to three years in prison, Dragan Maksić to one year and nine months in prison, while Kristina Hristić was given a suspended sentence.
DF driver Mihailo Čađenović was sentenced to one year and six months in prison.
The indictment states that the two Russians organized a criminal group and recruited other members for the purpose of obtaining illegal profits and power, violently overthrowing the government and declaring the electoral victory of DF and preventing Montenegro from joining the NATO alliance.
The criminal organization, it is stated, planned to, on the day of the parliamentary elections on October 16, 2016, with the help of the Democratic Front, clash with the Montenegrin police and forcefully occupy the Parliament of Montenegro, as well as to kidnap and kill the then prime minister and the current president of Montenegro. Milo Đukanović.
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