The Basic Court in Podgorica reviewed numerous surveillance camera recordings today, which, according to Judge Ivana Becić, show Danilo Mandić raising his hand from the dog area with a glowing object that is "shaped like a gun" in one part, while the person sitting to his right lowers his hand.
This continued the trial of Mandić, the nephew of the Speaker of the Parliament Andrija Mandić, who is charged with a serious offense against public danger, minor bodily injury, illegal possession of weapons and explosives, and confiscation of a vehicle.
Mandić is accused of blocking the path of Podgorica residents Darko Perović and Aris Turković on April 19 last year, at around 3:40 a.m., while driving the parliamentary "Range Rover", after which, as is suspected, he shot at them.
At today's hearing, Judge Becić thoroughly analyzed dozens of video recordings related to the movement of a dark-colored vehicle, which she said "looked like a Land Rover", which moved along Ivana Crnojevića Boulevard, past the stadium, and then towards Zagorič. Footage from the "697" building, where, according to the indictment, the perpetrators were sitting before the event itself, was reviewed and seized.
It follows from the recordings from the "697" bar that Mandić and the injured parties Perović and Turković were in the same bar an hour before midnight, at different tables, and that the recordings show them communicating.
"It is noticeable that the person identified as Danilo Mandić raises his right hand from the dog area, in which there is a glowing object, while the person sitting to his right, Aris Turković, lowers his hand with the object, which in one part can be seen to be in the shape of a gun, while he returns his hand to the dog area while communication between him and Darko Perović is visible," said Judge Becić.
According to the records reviewed, everyone left the premises at 3:29 a.m.
The footage shown in the courtroom shows an orange Skoda Fabia registered at 3:33 a.m., followed by a dark-colored Land Rover-like vehicle. The footage also shows several men standing next to a parked vehicle, while one of the footages shows four people leaving in a gray car.
The judge then specified the time sequence of the vehicle's movement from other locations.
"On one of the cameras at 3.42 in Vaka Đurovića Street near Vezirov Most, a dark vehicle resembling a 'Land Rover' is seen passing. At 3.43, a camera from Zagoriče registered a dark-colored vehicle resembling a 'Land Rover'. In another recording at 03.46 from cameras in the Zlatica settlement, a Land Rover vehicle is seen. In the second recording, a car resembling a Land Rover is seen moving in the direction of the highway," said Becić.
Mandić's defense attorney, lawyer Miroje Jovanović, said that it was unclear on the basis of what parameters the court concluded that it was a vehicle "similar to a Land Rover", because, as he stated, the make and model of the car cannot be seen in the footage.
"It is unclear on what parameters the court concluded that the dark-colored vehicle 'looks like a Land Rover', because the make and model of the vehicle are not visible in the video," said Jovanović.
He also made remarks about the course of the previous hearing, when the findings of medical expert Nemanja Radojević were presented.
"I object to the course of events so far in the part where I was unable to fully question expert witness Radojević in the way I thought I should," said Jovanović.
The investigation against Mandić was initially conducted by the Higher State Prosecutor's Office, but after assessing all the evidence, the case was transferred to the Basic State Prosecutor's Office, with the explanation that "the defendant did not intend to kill Perović and Turković."
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