On November 9, the trial of the former head of the Police Administration for the City of Belgrade will begin before the First Basic Court in Belgrade Veselin Milić, who is charged with failure to report a murder Aleksandar Nešović, known as Baja, in the restaurant "27" in Senjak, on May 12, 2026.
According to the indictment, Nešović was killed by Saša Vuković, aka Boske, while several people participated in removing traces of the crime.
At the beginning of the trial, Milić declared that he was not guilty of the criminal acts charged by the prosecution.
Judge Slađana Radojičić announced at the beginning of the trial that Milić will be heard, that is, he will have the opportunity to present his defense in the continuation of the main trial, on December 17.
From the beginning, the case attracted a lot of public attention, among other things, due to the fact that among those arrested was a man who at the time was the first operative of the Belgrade police. The course of the proceedings so far has been marked by numerous twists and turns, and the initial suspicions against Milić have in the meantime been partially dismissed.
From being suspected of removing clues to being charged with not reporting a murder
The Prosecutor's Office initially suspected Milić of not reporting the murder, but also of having entered incorrect information in the official note, at the same time omitting information important for elucidating the case.
According to those allegations, Milić did not report that the owner of the restaurant informed him about the murder. Also, in the official note, he did not state that he knew the suspect for the murder, nor that he had invited both of them, both him and the later murdered Nešović, to come to the restaurant "27" earlier that day.
The criminal complaint against Milić, due to the suspicion of not reporting the murder and providing assistance to the perpetrator after the crime was committed, was filed by the Criminal Police Directorate, which he headed Marko Kricak. He himself is currently in custody on suspicion of having committed several crimes.
A month after the initiation of the proceedings, the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office rejected the part of the police report that referred to the suspicion that Milić participated in the removal of traces of the murder. The investigation continued in the part related to non-reporting of crimes.
Milić denied guilt, lawyers filed a report against Kričko
Milić rejected the accusations through his lawyers, and his statement to the prosecutor's office was then presented to the public. In it, he claimed that no evidence was presented during the proceedings that would link him to the "serious and untrue accusations" from the order on the investigation and criminal complaint of the UKP.
His defense attorneys then filed a criminal complaint against Kričko, claiming that the police chief did not submit the evidence at his disposal to the prosecution for personal reasons. According to their position, that evidence would show that the allegations from the police report against Milić are not true.
An additional twist occurred a few days before the start of the trial, when Kricak was arrested on the order of the prosecution. One of the reasons cited is the suspicion that he knew that Milić had left the restaurant in Senjak before the murder, which would contradict the claims in the police report on the basis of which proceedings were initiated against the former head of the Belgrade police.
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