Lekić: I had a correct relationship with Vasović

Police officer Aleksandar Lekić testified in the continuation of the trial against Mrekić, Veljović and others

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The building where the High Court is located, Photo: Supreme Court
The building where the High Court is located, Photo: Supreme Court
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Witness Aleksandar Lekić told the Podgorica Higher Court that he worked at the criminal police station in Bar, that one of his superiors was the now-defendant Ilija Vasović, and that he had a correct, professional cooperation with him...

His hearing continued yesterday as the trial of former Police Director Veselin Veljović and other defendants for creating a criminal organization and abuse of official position continued.

This case was merged with the case of the defendant, former head of the criminal police in Bar, Ilija Vasović, who is also charged with being part of Aleksandar Mrkić's criminal organization to whom he disclosed official information.

Before the special panel presided over by Judge Vesna Kovačević, the witness said that he worked at the Bar Security Center from September 2019 to December 2022.

"I was employed at the Bar Central Police Department, and I was assigned to the criminal police station. I started working in September 2019, until December 2022. At that time, the manager was Ilija Vasović. I had a professional, collegial relationship with him and fair cooperation. My superior was Željko Spasojević, and his superior was Vasović. It happened that Vasović would give me an order to check certain people," the witness said.

The Council rejected the proposals of attorney Nikola Strugar and attorney Nebojša Asanović to terminate the detention of defendants Vasović and Arsenije Kalezić.

The next main trial hearing is scheduled for October 3, when witnesses are scheduled to be heard and written evidence is read.

According to the indictment, in 2018 Mrkić organized a criminal group whose members were Veselin R. Veljović, Nikola Lj. Mrkić, Mujo Nikočević, Arsenije Kalezić, Stefan D. Bubanja, Nikola D. Bubanja, Željko M. Bulatović, Dušica G. Bulatovič. Predrag D. Veljić, Borislav R. Lečić, Nemanja N. Anđelković, Goran M. Gluščević, Nikola M. Bačilović and Sadik A. Elnagar.

Former police chief Veselin Veljović is charged with committing a criminal offense - abuse of official position.

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