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Podujevo 1999 – Beyond Reasonable DoubtThen the defendant asked, “Why did you keep the case file in your drawerfor two years?”The court bring theRULINGThis question should not be answered.Then the defendant asked another question and the witness said:“I did not have meetings with the defendant in prison chief Aleksandarorević’s office. I do not know when I found out that Filipović Božidarwas the defence counsellor. It is true that the defendant told me in BijeloPolje during the interrogation, ‘I did not do this’, and this is how we put itdown to the record. It is not true that I said to him, ‘Saša, I know, just withstandfor a little longer’.”No further questions.The defendant stated he had objections against the entire witness MijatBajović’s testimony and added that he personally submitted the criminalcomplaint against this witness because he gave a counterfeit document tothe district public prosecution. He also said he believed that Mijat Bajovićgave this false statement in order to take the blame off of him because hecommitted this crime and this counterfeit record represents the basis of theverdict, which found him guilty and convicted him to 20 years of imprisonmentand which the Supreme Court dismissed. He suggested that the witnessand he should confront.The court brings the followingRULINGThe main hearing is to be continued on 20 May 2005 at 10:00.The trial panel adjourned at 14:35.241