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Humanitarian Law Center“At the time I interrogated the defendant in Prokuplje I was very busy in thefield and not once I was, along with my court reporter, in the company ofProsecutor Nikolić Miroslav. He was sick and he was at home.”Then the defence counsellor asked, “Did telephone lines work in Prokupljethat day?The presiding judge asked another question and the witness answered:“I did not look for defence attorneys for the defendant Cvjetan by phone. Iwas running around to find one. I have never been held responsible in relationto this case and I was never summoned to declare myself guilty orinnocent. I am adding that attorneys’ offices are located in a street close tothe court building and mostly all attorneys have offices there. After all, thatstreet is known as the Attorneys’ Street.”Defence counsellor ore Kalanj asked a question and the witness said:“Filipović Božidar told me he was a defence counsellor for Cvjetan. I didnot see the power of attorney signed by his family members at the timethe investigation was conducted against defendant Cvjetan. I do not knowif Filipović Božidar visited the defendant in the Prokuplje Prison and ifFilipović remembers it, then it is possible. I do not know if there was a decisionfor the dismissal of Dragutin Stanković as ex officio defence counsellor.”The defendant asked a question and the witness gave the following answer:“I remember that the attorney was sitting by the door in the room whereI interrogated the defendant. I was sitting at the desk, the defendant wasacross from me, and the court reporter was on my right side. I think I didnot see defendant again in Prokuplje after we finished the interrogation. IfI went to visit the prison, I might have seen him there. I did not drink whiskywith the defendant. I did not underline anything in the defendant’s writtenstatement. It is not true that I said to the court reporter, “Roo, note thepresence of Stanković, he will join us later”.240