Kalinić to be heard on unsolved murders

Zemun Clan gangster Sretko Kalinić will be question in connection with several unsolved murders commuted in 2001 and 2002 mafia clashes.

Izvor: Tanjug

Thursday, 26.08.2010.

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Zemun Clan gangster Sretko Kalinic will be question in connection with several unsolved murders commuted in 2001 and 2002 mafia clashes. This is according to State Secretary at the Justice Ministry Slobodan Homen, who spoke in Belgrade on Wednesday. Kalinic to be heard on unsolved murders “It is believed that Kalinic, who is suspected of certain crimes, could help clarify five to six murders with his statements,” Homen said. The state secretary pointed out that Kalinic, who is placed in the detention unit of the Special Court in Belgrade, will stay there until the investigations conducted against him are completed, after which he will be sent to serve his 40-year imprisonment sentence to Zabela Prison in eastern Serbia. Homen pointed out that Kalinic at this time has both detainee and prisoner statuses. Homen said that Kalinic may request reopening of the proceedings, since he was tried in absentia, and expressed doubt that he could obtain the status of witness-collaborator, especially if new indictments are raised against him for criminal acts he has not been tried for up to now. According to the 2009 changes in the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Serbia, Kalinic could obtain the witness-collaborator status if he is sentenced to less than 40 years in prison in the repeated proceedings, the state secretary said. “Formally and legally it is possible, but honestly I do not believe that he will be offered such a status, given the seriousness of criminal acts he committed,” Homen said. Kalinic, who holds dual Croatian-Serbian citizenship, was extradited from Croatia in the early hours of Wednesday. He was tried in absentia in connection to the Djindjic assassination, and for 19 other murders in a separate case, and was convicted to a total of 70 years in prison.

Kalinić to be heard on unsolved murders

“It is believed that Kalinić, who is suspected of certain crimes, could help clarify five to six murders with his statements,” Homen said.

The state secretary pointed out that Kalinić, who is placed in the detention unit of the Special Court in Belgrade, will stay there until the investigations conducted against him are completed, after which he will be sent to serve his 40-year imprisonment sentence to Zabela Prison in eastern Serbia.

Homen pointed out that Kalinić at this time has both detainee and prisoner statuses.

Homen said that Kalinić may request reopening of the proceedings, since he was tried in absentia, and expressed doubt that he could obtain the status of witness-collaborator, especially if new indictments are raised against him for criminal acts he has not been tried for up to now.

According to the 2009 changes in the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Serbia, Kalinić could obtain the witness-collaborator status if he is sentenced to less than 40 years in prison in the repeated proceedings, the state secretary said.

“Formally and legally it is possible, but honestly I do not believe that he will be offered such a status, given the seriousness of criminal acts he committed,” Homen said.

Kalinić, who holds dual Croatian-Serbian citizenship, was extradited from Croatia in the early hours of Wednesday. He was tried in absentia in connection to the Đinđić assassination, and for 19 other murders in a separate case, and was convicted to a total of 70 years in prison.

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