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Podujevo 1999 – Beyond Reasonable Doubthe said that the consequences would be drastic. He also told me what theadvantages of the other statement were.”The defence counsellor asked a question and the witness said:“When the defendant entered the yard with the civilians he was walkingwith the rifle in his hand. We usually do not wear belts and we carry ourrifles in the hands. As far as I can remember only Rajko Olujić had a bandanaand it was a black bandana. The defendant had the same hair as hehas now. Maybe it was a little shorter. There were several Scorpions memberswho had their heads shaved, but I could not say that the defendantwas shaved. Our uniform was camouflage; the pattern was similar as on theNATO uniform. We were all supposed to wear caps of the same material asuniform with the police sign on them. Demirović was the only one in theunit who wore a helmet. He was also the only one in the following deploymentwho wore a helmet.”Because he could not claim that the witness was lying, the defendant askedhim what instructions he had received from Nataša Kandić. What did shetell him to say and what did she offer to you? The witness answered:“I have not been instructed. The only instruction I received was when I wasgiving my previous statement. Then, attorney Kalanj told me to say that Iwas running towards the scene of the shooting and saw Cvjetan, as well.”Then, the defendant said he raised objections against this testimony becauseit was impossible for the witness to see him when the civilians wereentering the yard because the defendant was not there at that time, becausethe defendant was in the neighbouring yard. The defendant was inthe yard owned by the previous witness and in his yard, he opened gunfirein the air, but he did not change the clip right away, but in Prolom Banja.The presiding judge asked another question and the witness answered:“I do not know if it is possible to enter the yard, which I was in, from anotherside or to exit at some other side.”181