The start of the trial for the murders of Hodžić and Spahić has been postponed, lawyers are asking for more time to prepare the defense.

Defense attorneys said they received copies of the case file yesterday.

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Photo: Boris Pejović
Photo: Boris Pejović
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The Special Chamber, chaired by Judge Nikola Boričić, today postponed the start of the trial of defendants Radoje Zvicer, Milan Vujotić, Veljko Belivuk and others accused of the murders of Damir Hodžić and Adis Spahić in October 2020 in Spuž to November 28 at the Higher Court in Podgorica.

The court accepted the proposals of the defense - attorney Bojana Leković from Belgrade, defense attorney for the accused Belivuk, and attorney Dejan Klikovac, defense attorney for the accused Nikša Perović, who requested a postponement of the main hearing in their submissions. They stated that they received copies of the case file on November 17th, and that they needed time to prepare their defense.

The indictment of the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SDT) states that Zvicer ordered the kidnapping of Hodžić at the end of July 2020 because he believed that, as one of the close associates of the previously murdered Alan Kožar, he knew where the latter was hiding money and drugs.

"Radoje Zvicer, as the organizer, between the end of July and the second half of August 2020, ordered the defendants Radoje Živković, Milan Vujotić, Dragan Knežević, Marko Miljković and Veljko Belivuk to find each other and kidnap them at a suitable opportunity, and then in an insidious manner , out of reckless revenge, base motives - intolerance and hatred and in order to establish supremacy, took the lives of members of the opposing criminal organization, Milo Radulović and Damir Hodžić, "the indictment states.

On October 14, 2020, Hodžić was driven to the village of Stanjevića rupa near Spuži by his son-in-law Adis Spahić, who was killed that day.

In addition to Zvicer, Živković, Vujotic, Knežević, Miljković and Belivuk, the indictment also includes Marko Miljković, Ratko Živković, Nebojša Janković, Stevan Kraljević, Slobodan Kašćelan, Nenad Kaluđerović, Darko Prelević, Davor Perović, Blagoje Gašić, Dejan Gašić, Nikša Perović, Miloš Radonjić, Vladimir Vučković, Petar Đurović, Rade Garović, Mersudin Čolaković, Marko Kilibarda, Aleksandar Paunović, Nikola Spasojević, Radovan Mujović, Milan Knežević, Aleksandar Dragićević, Zoran Kažić, Aleksandar Ljumović, Borko and Bojan Bešović.

The defendant Dragan Knežević sent photos of Radulović and Hodžić to other members of this group via a group chat on the encrypted telephone communication application SKY ECC in order to familiarize them with the physical appearance of the targets. On Zvicer's orders, Ratko Živković, using his godfather connections with Radulović, lured him to an alleged meeting at his house in Spuž on October 14, 2020. On the same day, Hodžić also came to the "meeting". In the meantime, Belivuk, Miljković, Janković and another three-member group were transported by Mersudin Čolaković in an off-road vehicle from Tutin to Rožaje, more precisely to the town of Bać, bypassing the border crossings.

The first to arrive at the mill in Spuž, on October 14, 2020, was Radulović, who was greeted by his best man Živković. Radulović was driven by his groom Stevo Latković in an "Audi A6" at 12:47 p.m. That day, and four minutes later, Hodžić arrived, driven by his son-in-law Adis Spahić in an "Audi A4".

Immediately upon entering the house, after Ratko Živković and Nebojša Janković had sat down with Radulović, Hodžić and Spahić, Belivuk, Miljković, Paunović and Kilibarda entered the living room. Belivuk and Miljković attacked Hodžić. When Hodžić reached for the gun while Belivuk held him on the floor with his hands, Marko Kilibarda fired several bullets at him, killing him on the spot. Paunović, Miljković, Belivuk and Janković then attacked Spahić and Radulović. Paunović kicked Spahić in the head several times and hit Radulović on the right side of the face with a “heckler”, after which they tied their hands and legs with duct tape.

On that day, Adis Spahić was killed with a firearm of an unknown brand and caliber, while Belivuk and Miljković Radulović, in an "Audi Q7" jeep that Aleksandar Ljumović had left near their house, drove Radulović from Spuži at around 3:30 p.m. to a house with apartments in the town of Sutvara - Kotor Municipality, which was ceded by Nikša and Davor Perović, the indictment states, among other things.

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