Carević and his company will not be held liable for the occupation of Krimovica because the statute of limitations has expired.

The company "Carinvest" and its owner Marko Bato Carević will not be held liable for the illegal occupation of state land in Krimovica, because the absolute statute of limitations for criminal prosecution has expired, the Kotor Basic Court stated in its ruling today.

According to information from "Vijesti", the court rejected the charge of the Basic State Prosecutor's Office regarding the part related to the illegal occupation of state land in Krimovica, because the crime was committed from 2015 to the end of 2018, that it was punishable by a prison sentence of three months to three years, and that criminal prosecution cannot be conducted after six years have passed since the date of the crime.

The court also acquitted Carević, his son Milan and the company of the prosecution's accusation that they had built roads and cultivated the land after 2018. The court emphasizes that this is not land with a special purpose, in the coastal zone, as the Kotor prosecution claimed during the repeated trial.

When it comes to the part of the indictment that refers to the construction of buildings without documentation, "Carinvest" was fined 70.000 euros, while Milan Carević was sentenced to a single five-month prison sentence, which he will serve in the premises where he lives.

If the younger Carević, as "Vijesti" was told, once for a period of over six hours or twice for a period of up to six hours, arbitrarily leaves the premises in which he lives, the court will order that he serve the remainder of his prison sentence in the Directorate for the Execution of Criminal Sanctions.

The court directed the state to initiate civil proceedings, through which property claims would be determined.

At the end of last year, the Podgorica High Court overturned the verdict that acquitted the elder Carević of charges, sentenced his son Milan to six months of house arrest, and fined "Carinvest" 100.000 euros for usurping more than half a million square meters of state land and building facilities that serve the interests of the company.