The Faculty of Medicine in Podgorica was fined 3.000 euros because the forensic medical board failed to prepare and submit to the Court of Appeal an additional finding on the cause of death within 60 days. Svetislav Milošević.
The decision on the sentence was made by the panel of the Court of Appeal, where the trial of the defendant was to continue yesterday. Igor Laković, accused of committing the criminal offense of grievous bodily harm resulting in death.
According to the verdict of the Higher Court in Podgorica, Laković was sentenced to two years in prison for punching Milošević in the left side of the head on November 10, 2021, who died four days later at the Clinical Center of Montenegro.
Judge Predrag Tabas, the rapporteur, said that the forensic medical board of the Faculty of Medicine in Podgorica did not submit a written supplement to the findings within 60 days, as ordered by the court order of July 8, 2025.
"The Faculty of Medicine received the order on July 28, as determined by the return receipt contained in the case files. They sent a letter to the email of the Court of Appeal, which states that, since the Court of Appeal did not issue a decision on accepting the costs of the expert examination, the representative of the expert commission will not attend the scheduled trial. Based on Article 138 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the panel issues a decision to fine the Faculty of Medicine in the amount of 3.000 euros because they did not submit a written supplement to the findings within the deadline given to them by the court order. Within 15 days of the decision becoming final, they are obliged to pay the fine, under threat of forced execution. An appeal against this decision is allowed to the Supreme Court of Montenegro within three days of receiving this decision," said Judge Tabaš.
He added that the Faculty of Medicine conditions attendance at trials by paying an invoice, which has no legal basis.
The trial is scheduled to continue on November 19.
In July, the findings of the forensic medical board were read in the courtroom, but even after that, it still remained unclear to the court what had the decisive influence on Milošević's death - whether from a punch to the head or from his personal characteristic of blood vessels that were thin and looked like spider webs.
The Forensic Medical Board gave an opinion, which was read out at that trial.
"Death was violent and occurred due to the failure of vital life functions as a direct consequence of blood pouring into the cranial cavity (under the pia mater), from a rupture of the posterior right cerebral artery and the resulting brain swelling, all of which occurred as a result of a blow with a blunt, heavy, mechanical instrument (possibly a fist) to the area of the left eye socket," the opinion states.
Dr Nemanja Radojevic said at the trial in December 2024 that there was blood pouring out of the space from the rupture of the right posterior cerebral artery, which led to death, and that this occurred due to the personal characteristics of the injured party.
On July 8, the court ordered that additional expert testimony be conducted regarding the personal nature of Milošević's blood vessels.
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