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The accused were in pre-trial detention and their transport from the detention centre to the court was
refused by the Commissioner of the Kosovo Correctional Services (KCS), on the grounds that the three
accused were Category ‘A’ Prisoners (i.e. High Risk Category) and that, according to internal rules of the KCS,
it was not possible to transfer/transport more than one Category ‘A’ prisoner a day. Based on this constraint
as well as the overall risk assessment conducted by the KCS of the security situation if the trial were held
in Pristina, the trial was eventually held in Dubravë/a Detention Centre, where the defendants were being
held.
After the main trial, the Pristina District Court panel, composed of two EULEX judges and one Kosovo
judge, found the two police officers guilty of aggravated murder, grievous bodily harm, and causing
general danger, all the crimes being committed in co-perpetration (below described counts 2, 3 and 4 of
the original indictment).
COUNT 2
On 24 September 2007, the two police officers acting in co-perpetration with each other and with individuals
whose identities are still unknown, deprived other persons of their lives because of unscrupulous revenge
and other base motives, by placing and detonating an improvised explosive device on the ground floor
of a building at Bill Clinton Avenue, Pristina, resulting in the death of two people, and in doing so they
intentionally endangered the life of more persons, thereby committing the criminal offence of aggravated
murder.
COUNT 3
On 24 September 2007, acting in co-perpetration with each other and with individuals whose identities
are still unknown, caused grievous bodily harm to nine people, by placing and detonating an improvised
explosive device on the ground floor of a building at Bill Clinton Avenue, Pristina, thereby committing the
criminal offence of grievous bodily harm,
COUNT 4
On 24 September 2007 two defendants (police officers) acting in co-perpetration with each other and
with individuals whose identities are still unknown, by using explosives, namely an improvised explosive
device placed and detonated on the ground floor of a building at Bill Clinton Avenue, Pristina, caused great
danger to human life resulting in the deaths of two persons, and grievous bodily harm to nine persons,
thereby committing the criminal offence of causing general danger.
The third defendant was found not guilty of the criminal acts listed above and was therefore acquitted.
The judgment was pronounced on 17 September 2009. The District Court of Pristina sentenced the two
defendants found guilty to long-term imprisonment of 25 years each.
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