Cases

One call didn't change anything

These days, four years have passed since Ivanka Mićić (62) died near Loznica. And only these days did the trial of Đorđe Danojlić really begin, accused of hitting a woman who was walking with a car, leaving her to die by the side of the road and running away. The accused is in the courtroom, but the truth has begun to be buried and drowned among court records, numerous expert reports and analyses. Prosecution experts claim one thing, and defense experts completely different. Legally, the question is now which vehicle hit the woman. As if it is no longer important what the truth is, but whose experts will defend their opinions more strongly. And the opinions of experts in a corrupt and politically burdened society are more susceptible to influences than science... What will prevail

"Vreme" investigates

There is no justice for the victims of the government's pets

After three years, the trial of the driver who killed a woman not far from Loznica and ran away began. The deceased Ivanka Mićić was the mother of a policewoman, but... Obstruction does not choose. Cover-ups are what the relatives of the deceased have been experiencing since the beginning of the accident and the investigation. They are fighting for a grain of justice, against local powerful people and a disputed judiciary, with the help of lawyers, the media, billboards, protests... The news about the arrest of the suspected driver was not reported to them by the police, nor the prosecutor, but by the President of the State of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić. And justice began to appear. But... Vladimir Đukanović, an official of the SNS, the ruling party, became one of the defendant's lawyers. Police officers who tried to investigate the case were fired or replaced. The weekly "Vreme" reveals that even doctor Branislav Nestorović and his "knights and dragons" rebelled against the move of the family of the deceased woman. Then the whole case moved to the courtroom. However, due to the close relationship between the defendant's family and the judges in Loznica, the proceedings have not even started properly, and justice is no longer in sight.