There was no evidence, said Slobodanka Kojić, president of the Municipal Court in Gradačac, explaining why the court did not impose a ban on Nermin Sulejmanović for harassing and stalking Nizama Hećimović.
Sulejmanović killed Hećimović and two other people on August 11.
Hećimović reported him to the police a week earlier, on the night of August 3-4, because of violence. Judge Lejla Numanović rejected the imposition of those measures in her ruling. After the murders, as the president of the court Kojić said, "Judge Numanović was lynched by the media" and is currently on sick leave.
"It was only an official note from the Gradačac Police Department. Hećimović took advantage of the legal privilege and refused to give a statement, that is, she refused to testify. The police note cannot be valued as evidence," said Judge Kojić and added that she had three or four cases in practice. where the woman subsequently refused to testify about the abuse in court.
Kojić stressed that even the details of the violence cannot be determined from the official police report because they are not listed. She said that she did not know on what basis they made that request when "they did not even make a record of the injuries and events that, I assume, were presented by Hećimović". She read the entire note in which it is stated that Hećimović reported Sulejmanović for the attack, that he then threatened her and that she then switched off the phone.
Judge Kojić says that according to the Criminal Procedure Law, the police and the prosecution collect evidence for the court. The president of the court said that she did not know what information the prosecutor had at his disposal. She also explained how restraining orders, if imposed by the court, are implemented by the police.
"The court does not collect evidence. The judge does not interrogate either the abuser or the victim. He makes the decision based on what the police have submitted," Kojić said, adding that there are special situations when the court asks for some evidence, but that is when there are two opposing expert reports. so the court asks for a super expert.
"She (Nizama Hećimović) was not a witness before the judge. How will the police and the court find out if she does not tell what happened," said Kojić.
She stressed that "as early as August 4, Sulejmanović knew that his unmarried wife had reported him because the police found him and interrogated him when he denied everything."
"The decision suspending the request and the decision to impose injunctive measures was delivered by the court to both the victim and the abuser through the police, since the judge did not know where the victim was. This is the procedure," explained Kojić as Sulejmanović officially learned for the second time that he Hećimović reported.
On August 11, a triple murder was committed in Gradačac, in the north of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and three people were wounded in the attack.
Nermin Sulejmanović killed his ex-partner Nizama Hećimović, who reported him to the police a few days earlier for violence. He killed father and son Đengiz and Denis Onder, also from Gradačac. He seriously wounded Harissa Onder, their mother and wife.
He broadcast the murder live on his Instagram profile, which was later removed, and during the police action he committed suicide.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Tuzla Canton carries out investigations during and after the mass murder and attempted murder of three people in Gradačac, the Cantonal Prosecutor's Office reported on Monday.
On the same day, citizens' protests against the violence caused by the triple murder in Gradačac were held in several cities of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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