The trial for the murder of Roganović: The defense's proposal to separate the testimony of the accomplice witness was rejected

Today, the trial of the defendants for the murder of Šćepan Roganović in Herceg Novi on February 13, 2020 continued in the High Court in Podgorica.

The President of the Special Council of Judges, Vesna Kovačević, in the High Court in Podgorica at the main trial, announced the decision regarding the defense proposal from the previous main trial, that the testimony of the accomplice witness given in the previous procedure, i.e. in the prosecutor's investigation, should be set aside as legally invalid evidence.

At the previous hearing, attorney Momčilo Bulatović, the defense attorney for the defendant Krsto Vujić, and attorney Ognjen Radić, the attorney for the defendant Milija Bajramović, suggested that the statement be set aside as legally invalid evidence.

"The panel made a decision rejecting this defense proposal as unfounded, briefly announcing the reasons for this decision, which means that this evidence can be considered legally valid. The next main trial is scheduled for October 15, when the cooperating witness will be heard," she said. to "Vijesta" is the representative of the injured Roganović family, attorney Maja Turković.

In this case, two court proceedings were merged. The indictment includes the defendants Igor Vukotić, Mili Bajramović, Krsto Vujić, Marko Radović, Igor Glavaš, Miloš Komar, Slavko Radulović, Miloš Gvozdenović and Dino Ibrahimović. Vukotić, Bajramović and Vujić are being tried in absentia because they are on the run.

In October 2020, the Special State Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment against the defendants for the murder of Šćepan Roganović.

The defendants are Krsto B. Vujić from Herceg Novi, on the run, Mili B. Bajramović aka "Smit" from Podgorica, Igor D. Glavaš from Herceg Novi, Dino A. Ibrahimović from Bar, Miloš B. Komar from Nikšić, .

According to the indictment, in September 2019, in Herceg Novi, Vujić organized a criminal organization, the members of which were Miloš Đuričković, and the defendants Bajramović, Glavaš, Ibrahimović, Komar and others unidentified, one of whom is nicknamed "Boki" and the second "Zemunac". As the organizer, Vujić was in charge of implementing a criminal plan for an unspecified number of serious murders and illegal possession of weapons. Đuričković was in charge of carrying out the instructions and orders of the organizers of the criminal organization. The other defendants were also in charge of carrying out the instructions and orders of the organizers of the criminal organization, while Bajramović is alleged in the indictment to directly commit the crimes of aggravated murder and to participate in their planning.

The indictment states that the defendant Vujić Krsto committed the criminal offense of creating a criminal organization from Article 401a paragraph 1 in connection with paragraph 6 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro, and the defendants Bajramović, Glavaš, Ibrahimović and Komar committed the criminal offense of creating a criminal organization from Article 401a paragraph 2 in regarding paragraphs 1 and 6 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro.

The prosecutor alleges that in order to implement the criminal plan, the defendants Vujić, Đuričković and the defendants Bajramović and Glavaš, on February 13, 2020, at around 09:05 a.m., in Herceg Novi, on the stairs, in Sima Matavulja Street, in front of house number 21, killed killed Šćepan Roganović, in co-perpetration and by prior agreement.

In the way that Miloš Đuričković and the defendant Vujić Krsto, by making a joint decision, contributed to the execution of the criminal act with intent. So that Đuričković drove the defendants Vujić Krsta and Milija Bajramović with his golf V vehicle from the "Viva" apartment number 4, where they were staying, to the place "Baterije", where the "pjađo" motorcycle, which was purchased and used, was parked as a means of transport during the commission of the criminal offense of aggravated murder of Šćepan Roganović. According to a previous agreement, he was waiting for them in the place "Dragomir" in order to accept them and transport them after the crime was committed from the said place to the apartment where they were staying.

Bajramović Mili premeditatedly killed Šćepan Roganović in an insidious way, by armed with a firearm he came to the park with the bust of Sim Matavulj, waited for the arrival of the injured Šćepan Roganović who was coming down the stairs from the direction of Kanli Kula in the direction of Nikola Đurković Square, and suddenly, on busy place, when the injured party did not expect it, he approached him with quick steps and without discussing a verbal conflict, fired projectiles from the "Crvena Zastava" brand pistol, six of which hit him. the defendant Vujić Krsto was waiting on a pjađo motorcycle", after which both of them drove away with the said motorcycle to the place of Sasoviće, where they set fire to the said motorcycle and the "Crvena Zastava" model 99 pistol.

The defendants Vujić and Bajramović, as co-perpetrators, committed the criminal offense of aggravated murder, while the defendant Bajramović committed the criminal offense of illegal possession of weapons and explosive substances, and the defendant Glavaš committed the criminal offense of aggravated murder by aiding and abetting.

The second indictment, which was filed in September 2023, accused Igor V. Vukotić from Kotor, who is on the run, Slavko Radulović, Miloš Ž. Gvozdenović from Podgorica and Marko T. Radović from Hereg Novi. The indictment stated that in the second half of 2019, and during 2020, they became members of a criminal organization organized by Krsto Vujić.

Accused Radović is also charged with the criminal offense of illegal possession of weapons and explosive material.

In November 2023, the extra-judicial panel of the High Court in Podgorica, presided over by Judge Boris Savić, issued a decision to merge these two criminal cases and to conduct a single procedure.