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Podujevo 1999 – Beyond Reasonable DoubtWitness Nikolić Miroslav, who was summoned, defence attorney IlijaRadulović, who informed the court that he was busy with another criminaltrial, did not appear in the courtroom.The court brings the followingThe main hearing shall continue.RulingCONTINUATION OF PROBATIVE PROCEDUREWITNESS EXAMINATIONWitnesses Aleksandar orević and Radica Marinković are taken out of thecourtroom because witness Mijat Bajović should be examined.Witness MIJAT BAJOVIĆ with personal details as given on the record fromthe main hearing before the Prokuplje District Court on 11 November 2002.He added that he lives in Prokuplje on 63 Tatkova Street, he knows the defendant,they are not related, he was advised, and he took the oath.He gives a statement identical to the one he gave on the record from 11 November2002 without any changes. The presiding judge asked the witnessa question to which the witness answered:“As for the investigation that I conducted, as far as I can remember, I heardfrom the Chief of Police, who called me, that the investigation should beconducted. I personally informed Miroslav Nikolić by phone and he toldme to go alone because he was not able to go. As far as I can rememberhe was not feeling well. I conducted the investigation in the way I have alreadyexplained before and I noted on the record everything I found there.When the Chief of Police called me, he said there were many victims. It isnot usual to have a case with so many victims and at the time I had neverconducted such an investigation. I did not insist that the prosecutor gowith me since I was in a hurry because police officers were waiting for meoutside. The police officers told me that they would wait for me and that Ishould hurry up because they might get killed there. That is why I did not229