Rutović: Vujović never mentioned the defendants Vojvodić and Đikanović, nor that his life was threatened

The witness said before the criminal panel of Judge Veljko Radovanović in the High Court in Podgorica that she stands by the statement she made in the prosecutor's investigation in June last year.

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Podgorica High Court (Illustration), Photo: Boris Pejović
Podgorica High Court (Illustration), Photo: Boris Pejović
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The continuation of the trial is scheduled for September 9, when the common-law wife of the victim Vidak Vujović is scheduled to be heard, as well as ballistics and DNA experts.

The indictment stated that the defendants killed Vujović on March 31, 03, in Šteke, Podgorica, in a treacherous and cruel manner.

"Me and my brother Rutović Ranko were on friendly terms with Vidak Vujović, and we met two years ago, when he used to come to our bar located 'Pod Ostrog', and he asked for a job with us. It is known that Vidak was in a difficult financial situation and I know that he visited the abbot in the monastery to whom he asked for money, and I even gave him money on several occasions. The last time I heard from Vidak was on March 31, 2023. sometime during the day, I don't know what time it was, when I was going in the direction of Gornji Manastir. Vujović Vidak called me from his phone number. Then he told me that he was at the police station to report a person to him gave money in the amount of 90 euros for his identity card, and that he would send the application to 'viber' to show me. However, after that, Vidak did not call me again. I called him on this same phone number, but The phone was off. Then I called his sister MD to ask about him. She then told me that he is probably with his wife in Herceg Novi, and that she is probably hiding him. She gave me the number of Vidak's wife. I then called Vidak's wife and asked her where Vidak was, and she told me that he hadn't contacted her since March 31, 2023. During our acquaintance and occasional phone calls, Vujović Vidak never told me that he had problems with someone in the sense that his life was in danger. He sometimes complained to me about family problems, and about the financial situation. "Vidak never mentioned the name Vojvodić Dražen to me, nor did Đikanović Novica," said witness Rajka Rutović at the High State Prosecutor's Office.

The continuation of the trial is scheduled for September 9, when the common-law wife of the victim Vidak Vujović, as well as ballistic and DNA experts, are scheduled to be heard.

Today, the court issued a decision determining that a team of medical experts should determine the defendant's state of consciousness at the time of the criminal act, the defense attorney for the defendant Đikanovć, attorney Aleksandra Rogošić, told "Vijesta".

The indictment presented that on March 31, 03, in the town of Šteke, in Podgorica, they killed Vujović Vidak in a treacherous and cruel manner, in a way that, according to a previous agreement, they lured the injured party to an uninhabited part of the Šteke settlement, in an inaccessible place. So that the defendant Vojvodić Dražen, using their acquaintance from before, drove him to the scene in a "VW Golf V" vehicle, and when the victim got out of the vehicle, he fired at least four projectiles from a "CZ M2023" pistol in the same direction. , of which four missiles hit him. And that is because between the four projectiles fired, the victim Vujović Vidak was alive and told the defendant "don't", during which time he suffered severe suffering and severe pain, which the defendant Vojvodić did not do, but continued to fire projectiles at the victim. During that time, the defendant Đikanović Novica was on the spot and observed everything, after which the defendant Vojvodić fired a projectile that caused fatal injuries to the victim, resulting in his death.

After that, together with the defendant Đikanović, he poured gasoline and set fire to the lifeless body of the injured Vujović Vidak, and then they left the scene together. On April 12, 04, the defendant Đikanović Novica, in his family home, in Farmaci, Podgorica, kept seven pieces of pistol ammunition without the approval of the competent authority.

The defendant Vojvodić committed the criminal offense of aggravated murder under Article 144 paragraph 1 point I in connection with Article 23 paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro in conjunction with the criminal offense of illegal possession of weapons and explosive substances under Article 403 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro, and the defendant Đikanović the crime of aggravated murder from Article 144 paragraph 1 point 1 in connection with Article 23 paragraph 2 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.

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