Miroslav Mišković, his son Marko, Milo Đurašković and 12 other defendants denied their guilt for abuses in companies and tax evasion for the second time.
The owner of Delta Holding, Miroslav Mišković, Marko Mišković, the owner of "Nibens Group" Milo Đurašković and the other defendants briefly pleaded guilty after the trial started from the beginning before the Special Court in Belgrade, because at the end of 2014, the proceedings that had been separated until then were combined led.
The proceedings in which Miroslav Mišković, Đurašković and other defendants were tried for tax evasion and abuses in road companies were merged with the proceedings against Đurašković for embezzlement at the "FAM" lubricants factory in Kruševac.
In accordance with the Law on Criminal Procedure, the accused pleaded guilty, and Deputy Prosecutor for Organized Crime Tamara Ristić read the indictments from both cases.
All the accused reiterated that they understood the indictment, that they do not feel guilty on any point of the accusation and announced that they will present their defense again in the continuation of the trial.
Only Miroslav Mišković emphasized that he did not understand the accusations against him.
"I understand the language, but not the subject of the accusation. This case will be written about in history and that is not good for Serbia, especially not for the judiciary, where it is still illegal to buy shares at a lower price and sell them at a higher price," he said. is he.
His son Marko also reiterated that he is not guilty.
He asked the chairman of the court panel, Maja Ilić, to assign him an ex officio lawyer.
"God is my greatest prosecutor", emphasized Marko, after which his lawyer Zdenko Tomanović asked for a consultation with the client, and then announced that he will represent him tomorrow.
Tomanović said after the trial that Marko Mišković reacted emotionally and that in this way he wanted to show that he "clearly sees where everything is going and that he doesn't care who defends him".
Tomanović also assessed that starting the procedure from the beginning "significantly prolongs the process".
"I could not believe that the request to join the proceedings would be accepted, because both acting judges were against it, it was done against the law on criminal procedure," said Tomanović.
At the trial, he requested that the proceedings be continued due to tax evasion, but Judge Maja Ilić rejected that request.
Today's trial was also put an end to foreign observers.
Judge Maja Ilić allowed the presence of observers with translators, but in the part of the courtroom where the audience sits, not the participants of the proceedings.
Attorney Tomanović, referring to the United Nations Convention, requested that they be provided with simultaneous translation, as well as that they sit in the courtroom where it is possible for the parties.
Judge Ilić strongly reacted to such a request, pointing out that the Criminal Procedure Law does not recognize foreign observers and that Tomanović, who invited them, should also take care of them.
"You invited them, so you are their host and you should organize them. They can attend, they are welcome, but in the part where the audience sits, I will consider any further mention of observers as pressure on the court," the judge pointed out.
Some defense lawyers also had objections to sitting in the section intended for the audience, given that the trial began in the courtroom in the Palace of Justice, which is smaller than the courtroom in the building in Ustanička Street.
About a dozen lawyers did not have a table, which is why they pointed out that they "do not have the basic conditions for work" and that the legal equality of the parties in the proceedings was violated.
"I feel discriminated against the prosecutor who can take notes, has a place to put files, and where I can write - on the desks. I feel discriminated against other lawyers who are representing me, some who are perhaps more important in this proceeding," said lawyer Jugoslav Tintor.
In the consolidated proceedings, 15 people are charged, Miroslav Mišković, his son Marko, Milo Đurašković, Dejan Jeftić, Risto Ristić, Bora Jelić, Branislav Jovanović, Ljiljana Kostić, Srđan Filipović, Milutin Gašević, Zoran Mihailović, Zdravko Rašo, Predrag Filipović, Živojin Petrović. and Jadranka Badrić.
According to the indictment filed in November 2011, Milo Đurašković, Risto Ristić, Dejan Jeftić, Bora Jelić, Branislav Jovanović and Ljiljana Kostić are accused of having, in the period from 6.4.2007/31.12.2010/XNUMX to XNUMX/XNUMX/XNUMX. damaged the company FAM for about three billion dinars.
They are accused of enabling Đurašković, as the owner of the "Ser" corporation, to obtain an illegal financial benefit in the amount of 1,7 billion dinars by their actions and taking advantage of their position, by extracting money from FAM on various grounds and paying it to Đurašković .
The second indictment, in which 10 other people are charged in addition to Mišković, was filed in 2013 and accused them of having damaged road companies and the budget of Serbia for several million euros in the period from 20015 to 2006. evaded taxes for 472 million dinars.
The trial will continue tomorrow in the building of the Special Court in Ustanička Street.
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