Photo: AP Photo/Marjan VučetićThe Kosovo court sentenced Serb LD from Zvečan to eight months in prison and a fine of 10.000 euros for participating in riots in May last year in front of the Zvečan municipality. On that occasion, around thirty KFOR soldiers were injured
Zvečan's LD was sentenced to eight months in prison and a fine of 10.000 euros for "participating in a crowd that commits criminal acts and hooliganism" and "attacking an official" during a protest in the North of Kosovo in May 2023 in front of the municipality building in Zvečan, transfers KoSSev.
Accused LD has been in custody since June 19, 2024. The time spent in custody will also be credited to him.
He pleaded guilty before a jury on Tuesday. The parties stated that they would not appeal the length of the sentence, and Judge Valon Kurtaj announced the decision on the sentence, which is now final.
Fine and plea agreement
Special prosecutor Bekim Kodraljiu requested that the accused be sentenced to an effective prison term of eight to ten months for the criminal offense of "attack on an official", and that he be sentenced to six months for the criminal offense of "Participation in a crowd that commits criminal acts and hooliganism" prison, with the possibility of exchange for 10.000 to 11.000 euros.
Prosecutor Kodraljiu asked the court to impose a single sentence on the accused within the proposed agreement.
The president of the judicial body, Valjon Kurtaj, accepted the plea agreement.
The lawyer of the accused, Ljubomir Pantović, said that the court should take mitigating circumstances into account before sentencing the accused.
The lawyer also said that the accused threw several bottles during the protest.
"He threw two or three bottles, he was neither a leader nor an organizer," said Pantović.
What happened at the protest in Zvečan?
According to the indictment, on May 29, Zvečan's LD passed near the building of the municipality of Zvečan, and "in cooperation with other defendants of Serbian nationality from Kosovo and Serbia who, with the use of violence, attacked and seriously injured soldiers of the KFOR peacekeeping mission, as well as individual members of the Kosovo Police", took part in violent riots.
The Special Prosecutor's Office also asked the court to extend the suspect's detention until the end of the criminal proceedings against him.
So far, several people have been arrested, who are linked to the events of May 29 last year in Zvečan.
The incident in Zvečan in the north of Kosovo occurred during a protest by Serbs who opposed the entry of the Albanian mayor into the municipal building, who won the elections because the Serbs boycotted them.
During the riots, more than 30 members of the KFOR mission were injured.
KFOR condemned the attack, Vučić blamed Kurti
KFOR previously announced that the attack on their soldiers was "unprovoked and completely unacceptable".
The peacekeeping mission said at the time that they hope that the authorities in Belgrade will also investigate the persons who "returned to Serbia" after the riots, and that it is expected that all the perpetrators will be "immediately prosecuted".
Competent institutions in Serbia did not announce themselves on this issue for a long time, so it was not known whether the Serbian authorities were conducting any process against the persons who participated in the attack on KFOR.
Kosovo blamed Serbia for these riots, that is, it claims that official Belgrade and "criminal groups close to Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić" are behind the unrest in Zvečan.
Belgrade denied this and shifted the responsibility to Prime Minister Aljbin Kurti with the message that "it was appropriate for him to have a conflict between NATO and the Serbs".
Source: KoSSev
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