In the High Court in Podgorica yesterday, the trial of the former President of the Supreme Court Vesna Medenica and the other defendants in the case was postponed again.
The hearing of the main trial, as announced, was postponed due to the justified absence of the president of the special panel, judge Nada Rabrenović.
The next hearing of the main trial is scheduled for December 6.
The trial of that group was postponed more than 20 times, and Vesna Mednica's defense attorneys previously stated that she was not to blame for the delay in court proceedings, as the public "often perceives".
The special state prosecution brought an indictment against the defendants Vesna Medenica, her son Miloš, Darko Lalović, Vasilij Petrović, Bojan and Marko Popović, Marko Vučinić, Milorad Medenica, Luka Bakoč, Petar Milutinović, Ivana Kovačević, Radomir Raičević, Marjan Bevenja, Stevo Karanikić, Goran Jovanović and the company "Kopad Company", for criminal offenses - creation of a criminal organization, smuggling, giving and receiving bribes, illegal influence and inducing illegal influence, abuse of official position, drug smuggling, illegal possession of weapons, causing serious bodily harm and preventing evidence .
Miloš Medenica is accused of having created a criminal organization in 2019, whose members were his mother Vesna and other defendants, with the aim of smuggling cigarettes and illegally influencing the judicial authorities, and for the purpose of acquiring illegal profits and power.
Among other things, it is stated that, in co-perpetration with the accused members of a criminal organization, he smuggled cigarettes from the Free Customs Zone of the port of Bar, avoiding the measures of customs supervision, with the help of false documents and paying bribes to customs officers.
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