Dad is identified as only K.K.
http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes.php?yyyy=2015&mm=06&dd=18&nav_id=94473
Father beats 13-month-old baby to death
A 13-month-old baby that was admitted to the Emergency Center in Belgrade on Wednesday with severe injuries has died.
Source: B92| Thursday, June 18, 2015 | 09:12
This was the outcome despite the doctors' attempts that lasted several hours to save it, state broadcaster RTS has said.
The baby had injuries to internal organs and severe head trauma and underwent urgent surgery.
The father, 25-year-old K.K. from the Belgrade municipality of Zemun, was arrested yesterday on charges of family violence and is now being held for 48 hours.
The Belgrade-based daily Blic is reporting that the man, who battered the child, said he "did not know what he was doing" because he was taking antidepressants and alcohol.
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Thursday, June 18, 2015
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Dad throws 15-day-old daughter out of upper-story window for crying (Belgrade, Serbia)
Dad is identified as NEMANJA PETROVIC.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/dad-threw-baby-daughter-out-4969051
Dad threw baby daughter out of flat because she wouldn't stop crying
Jan 13, 2015 00:09
By Don Mackay
Nemanja Petrovic, 35, has been arrested after the 15-day-old baby plunged to her death in Serbia Horror: Dad claimed he was unable to sleep at 5.30am in his Belgrade flat
A father said he threw his 15-day-old baby girl out of a window to her death – because she was crying.
Nemanja Petrovic, 35, claimed he was unable to sleep in his flat at 5.30am because of the noise.
The newborn baby died when she hit the ground.
Police in Serbia said the father was under arrest over the death.
He has been taken to a psychiatric hospital for examination.
Officers are investigating where the child’s mother was in the apartment in capital Belgrade at the time.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/dad-threw-baby-daughter-out-4969051
Dad threw baby daughter out of flat because she wouldn't stop crying
Jan 13, 2015 00:09
By Don Mackay
Nemanja Petrovic, 35, has been arrested after the 15-day-old baby plunged to her death in Serbia Horror: Dad claimed he was unable to sleep at 5.30am in his Belgrade flat
A father said he threw his 15-day-old baby girl out of a window to her death – because she was crying.
Nemanja Petrovic, 35, claimed he was unable to sleep in his flat at 5.30am because of the noise.
The newborn baby died when she hit the ground.
Police in Serbia said the father was under arrest over the death.
He has been taken to a psychiatric hospital for examination.
Officers are investigating where the child’s mother was in the apartment in capital Belgrade at the time.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Dad stabs 4-year-old daughter to death (Bor, Serbia)
The dad in this case--identified only as S.N.--has been arrested for stabbing and killing his 4-year-old daughter.
INVISIBLE MOTHER ALERT.
http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=07&dd=22&nav_id=68603
Father stabs 4-yr-old to death
22 July 2010 11:16 Source: Beta
BOR -- A 31-year-old man in the eastern town of Bor has stabbed and killed his four-year-old daughter, police said.
The man, identified with his initials S.N., was arrested.
According to police, he is believed to have stabbed the child several times before she died.
The suspect reportedly several days ago attempted to commit suicide, was treated in hospital, and then released.
INVISIBLE MOTHER ALERT.
http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=07&dd=22&nav_id=68603
Father stabs 4-yr-old to death
22 July 2010 11:16 Source: Beta
BOR -- A 31-year-old man in the eastern town of Bor has stabbed and killed his four-year-old daughter, police said.
The man, identified with his initials S.N., was arrested.
According to police, he is believed to have stabbed the child several times before she died.
The suspect reportedly several days ago attempted to commit suicide, was treated in hospital, and then released.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Hague, Schmague. Does it really protect families and children? NO!
Over the past few months, as dad DAVID GOLDMAN managed to get his custody case turned into an International Incident involving the U.S. State Department and full Big Media coverage, we've been hearing a lot about the Hague Convention. Just what the heck is the Hague Convention and what does it say about international child custody issues?
There are many Hague Conventions, but the one we're talking about here is the third of the modern Hague Conventions. Its full title is Convention of 19 October 1996 on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children. It is much broader in scope than the first two conventions, covering a wide range of civil measures of protection concerning children, from orders concerning parental responsibility and contact to public measures of protection or care, and from matters of representation to the protection of children’s property.
In theory, the Convention provides uniform rules determining which country’s authorities are competent to take the necessary measures of protection The Convention determines which country’s laws are to be applied, and it provides for the recognition and enforcement of measures taken in one Contracting State in all other Contracting States. The co-operation provisions of the Convention provide the basic framework for the exchange of information and for the necessary degree of collaboration between administrative authorities in the Contracting States.
In reality, the whole thing has been plagued with political problems from the beginning. It seems to work very well for wealthy countries (like the U.S.) and politically well-connected parents (typically fathers). It does not work so well for mothers and children trying to live in safety. That's one reason why countries like Japan have rejected the Hague Convention, because it does not provide protection for Japanese wives married to abusive foreign men.
Yet somehow, the Hague Convention has suddenly become Holy Writ, impervious to criticism. Strip away all the incense and prayer beads and it's just another piece of legal agreement that's being subverted by the powerful, while endangering the lives of women and children.
So there is nothing necessarily sacred, noble, or just about the Hague Convention. As it's being applied, it's starting to look like an international variation of the old U.S. Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which required that authorities in the free states (under threat of substantial penalty) return runaway slaves to their masters in the slave states. Only now we're told that the laws, values, and protections of the host country don't matter, and that women and children are the sole subjects of the country of origin--despite the corruption and dangers there.
This is not idle speculation. My buddy Annie found the case below from last May, where the judge's "interpretation" of the Hague Convention actually lead to the death of a young mother at the hands of her children's father, HAJRUDIN HASANOVIC.
http://www.brisbane%20times.com.%20au/world/%20young-mother-%20fled-to-sydney-%20to-save-her-%20life-20090501-%20aq5z.html
Young mother fled to Sydney to save her life
PAOLA TOTARO HERALD CORRESPONDENT IN LONDON
May 2, 2009
Cassandra Hasonovic... convinced she was going to die at the hands of her husband.
CASSANDRA HASANOVIC was convinced she was going to die at the hands of her husband but her pleas for help - in Australia and Britain - fell on deaf ears.
"He said he was going to chop me up in little pieces and post me piece by piece to my family," she told police more than a year before her death.
The nightmare tale of the mother, 24, who was dragged out of a car and stabbed to death by her husband in front of her mother and two young sons in July, neared its climax in a British court yesterday.
Mrs Hasanovic died hours after begging British police to drive her to a safe house: "I live in fear for my safety. I am so scared of him."
Her story was recounted this week during the trial of Hajrudin Hasanovic, 33, who was last night found guilty of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 18 years in jail.
The jury learned how he was to have been deported to his native Serbia after losing custody of his children, following his conviction for sexually assaulting his wife.
They heard a damning story of a woman whose fears were ignored by authorities in two hemispheres for more than 12 months.
The five-year marriage ended in May 2007 after the sexual assault and Mrs Hasanovic fled to Australia, where she had relatives. She lived in the safety of Sydney's western suburbs in the fervent hope of seeking custody of her sons.
But Lewes Crown Court, in West Sussex, heard that Australian authorities insisted she return to Britain, arguing the case had to be pursued there.
Philippa McAtasney, QC, who opened the case for the prosecution, told the court that she returned to Britain at the cost of her life.
In the months that followed her return, police were called to several violent confrontations between the couple, and officers equipped the young mother with a panic alarm.
Mrs Hasanovic's mother, Sharon De Souza, broke down as she described the terror inside the car on July 29, when her son-in-law appeared from nowhere and lunged at the car as she prepared to drive her daughter and grandsons to a refuge.
In the panic, the car's central locking was de-activated, allowing Hasanovic to reach into the back seat, where his wife was sitting between the boys.
"I just remember trying to start the car and the alarm went off and I could not get the car started … I could see a figure coming towards me in the shade …" Mrs De Souza said.
"I looked up again and he was staring towards me. … I just thought: 'Oh, my God."'
She then saw Hasanovic drag her daughter from the car, leaving her face down on the pavement.
"She was lying on the ground. Her eyes were open and she was not moving at all.
"I didn't realise she was dead. I said: 'Come on, hold on, you're going to be OK.' I could see the blood [but] I could not take it in and I remember hearing the boys screaming."
"Cassie was devastated when under the Hague convention she was ordered to return the boys to England," Mrs De Souza said.
"This brutal, cruel and senseless act has torn our lives apart".
http://www.smh.com.au/world/following-a-court-order-killed-her-20090503-ard1.html
Following a court order killed her
PAOLA TOTARO IN LONDON
May 4, 2009
The man accused of stabbing his 24-year-old wife to death in front of his two little boys has been jailed for life in a British court, shouting abuse at her family as he was led away.
Hajrudin Hasanovic was convicted of the murder unanimously in a West Sussex Court but shouted at his former wife's devastated family and friends as he was led to the cells: "My children will never forgive you for what you have done to me and Cassie. . .you killed her. You are bastards all of you."
Police officers were forced to intervene and led him forcibly out of the dock, leaving the family in tears, the Argus newspaper reported.
The terrible tale the 24-year-old mother, Cassandra Hasanovic, who sought refuge from her violent husband in Australia but was refused unfolded during a three-week trial. The court heard that she was dragged out of the family car and stabbed to death by her husband in front of her mother and sons last July, just hours after begging police in the UK to drive her to safe house: "I live in fear for my safety. I am so scared of him."
Her estranged husband, 33, was set to be deported to his native Serbia after losing custody of his children in the wake of a conviction for his wife's sexual assault in 2007.
During the murder trial, the jury heard a damning story of an increasingly desperate young woman who feared for her life and the safety of her sons but whose anxiety was downplayed or ignored by authorities in two hemispheres over a period of more than 12 months.
The young couple's five-year marriage ended in May after the first conviction and Cassandra Hasanovic initially fled to Australia where she had family. She lived in the fervent hope that she could pursue custody of her two boys from the safety of Sydney's western suburbs. However the Lewes Court in West Sussex heard that Australian courts insisted she return to the UK, arguing that the case had to be pursued through the British courts.
Philippa McAtasney, QC, who opened the case for the prosecution told the Court: "She obeyed the court order at the cost of her life."
In the months that followed her return, police were called to several violent confrontations between the couple and officers equipped the young mother with a police panic alarm.
Cassie's mother, Sharon De Souza, who desperately tried to drive her daughter to a refuge after police refused to drive her, issued a statement through the family's support officer after the verdict.
She provided a photograph of her beloved daughter and her little grandchildren in memory. Mrs De Souza said nothing could express the family's devastation: "Cassie was a beautiful, loving, compassionate, insipirational woman, an amazing mother, daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, cousin and friend,
"Gentle, warm, thoughtful, caring and generous. A courageous and devoted mother who absolutely adored her children. She wanted to build a beautiful life with them and she had everything to live for. She was just 24 years old when she died.
Mrs De Souza, who now lives in Sydney with her grandchildren, said "a light has gone out of our lies never to be replaced".
". . .She fled to Australia in fear for her and her boys' safety. Cassie was devastated when the Hague convention court hearing in Australia ordered the return of the boys to England. Although Cassie was in fear for her life she felt forced to return with them despite the police deeming Cassie and the boys high risk."
There are many Hague Conventions, but the one we're talking about here is the third of the modern Hague Conventions. Its full title is Convention of 19 October 1996 on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children. It is much broader in scope than the first two conventions, covering a wide range of civil measures of protection concerning children, from orders concerning parental responsibility and contact to public measures of protection or care, and from matters of representation to the protection of children’s property.
In theory, the Convention provides uniform rules determining which country’s authorities are competent to take the necessary measures of protection The Convention determines which country’s laws are to be applied, and it provides for the recognition and enforcement of measures taken in one Contracting State in all other Contracting States. The co-operation provisions of the Convention provide the basic framework for the exchange of information and for the necessary degree of collaboration between administrative authorities in the Contracting States.
In reality, the whole thing has been plagued with political problems from the beginning. It seems to work very well for wealthy countries (like the U.S.) and politically well-connected parents (typically fathers). It does not work so well for mothers and children trying to live in safety. That's one reason why countries like Japan have rejected the Hague Convention, because it does not provide protection for Japanese wives married to abusive foreign men.
Yet somehow, the Hague Convention has suddenly become Holy Writ, impervious to criticism. Strip away all the incense and prayer beads and it's just another piece of legal agreement that's being subverted by the powerful, while endangering the lives of women and children.
So there is nothing necessarily sacred, noble, or just about the Hague Convention. As it's being applied, it's starting to look like an international variation of the old U.S. Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which required that authorities in the free states (under threat of substantial penalty) return runaway slaves to their masters in the slave states. Only now we're told that the laws, values, and protections of the host country don't matter, and that women and children are the sole subjects of the country of origin--despite the corruption and dangers there.
This is not idle speculation. My buddy Annie found the case below from last May, where the judge's "interpretation" of the Hague Convention actually lead to the death of a young mother at the hands of her children's father, HAJRUDIN HASANOVIC.
http://www.brisbane%20times.com.%20au/world/%20young-mother-%20fled-to-sydney-%20to-save-her-%20life-20090501-%20aq5z.html
Young mother fled to Sydney to save her life
PAOLA TOTARO HERALD CORRESPONDENT IN LONDON
May 2, 2009
Cassandra Hasonovic... convinced she was going to die at the hands of her husband.
CASSANDRA HASANOVIC was convinced she was going to die at the hands of her husband but her pleas for help - in Australia and Britain - fell on deaf ears.
"He said he was going to chop me up in little pieces and post me piece by piece to my family," she told police more than a year before her death.
The nightmare tale of the mother, 24, who was dragged out of a car and stabbed to death by her husband in front of her mother and two young sons in July, neared its climax in a British court yesterday.
Mrs Hasanovic died hours after begging British police to drive her to a safe house: "I live in fear for my safety. I am so scared of him."
Her story was recounted this week during the trial of Hajrudin Hasanovic, 33, who was last night found guilty of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 18 years in jail.
The jury learned how he was to have been deported to his native Serbia after losing custody of his children, following his conviction for sexually assaulting his wife.
They heard a damning story of a woman whose fears were ignored by authorities in two hemispheres for more than 12 months.
The five-year marriage ended in May 2007 after the sexual assault and Mrs Hasanovic fled to Australia, where she had relatives. She lived in the safety of Sydney's western suburbs in the fervent hope of seeking custody of her sons.
But Lewes Crown Court, in West Sussex, heard that Australian authorities insisted she return to Britain, arguing the case had to be pursued there.
Philippa McAtasney, QC, who opened the case for the prosecution, told the court that she returned to Britain at the cost of her life.
In the months that followed her return, police were called to several violent confrontations between the couple, and officers equipped the young mother with a panic alarm.
Mrs Hasanovic's mother, Sharon De Souza, broke down as she described the terror inside the car on July 29, when her son-in-law appeared from nowhere and lunged at the car as she prepared to drive her daughter and grandsons to a refuge.
In the panic, the car's central locking was de-activated, allowing Hasanovic to reach into the back seat, where his wife was sitting between the boys.
"I just remember trying to start the car and the alarm went off and I could not get the car started … I could see a figure coming towards me in the shade …" Mrs De Souza said.
"I looked up again and he was staring towards me. … I just thought: 'Oh, my God."'
She then saw Hasanovic drag her daughter from the car, leaving her face down on the pavement.
"She was lying on the ground. Her eyes were open and she was not moving at all.
"I didn't realise she was dead. I said: 'Come on, hold on, you're going to be OK.' I could see the blood [but] I could not take it in and I remember hearing the boys screaming."
"Cassie was devastated when under the Hague convention she was ordered to return the boys to England," Mrs De Souza said.
"This brutal, cruel and senseless act has torn our lives apart".
http://www.smh.com.au/world/following-a-court-order-killed-her-20090503-ard1.html
Following a court order killed her
PAOLA TOTARO IN LONDON
May 4, 2009
The man accused of stabbing his 24-year-old wife to death in front of his two little boys has been jailed for life in a British court, shouting abuse at her family as he was led away.
Hajrudin Hasanovic was convicted of the murder unanimously in a West Sussex Court but shouted at his former wife's devastated family and friends as he was led to the cells: "My children will never forgive you for what you have done to me and Cassie. . .you killed her. You are bastards all of you."
Police officers were forced to intervene and led him forcibly out of the dock, leaving the family in tears, the Argus newspaper reported.
The terrible tale the 24-year-old mother, Cassandra Hasanovic, who sought refuge from her violent husband in Australia but was refused unfolded during a three-week trial. The court heard that she was dragged out of the family car and stabbed to death by her husband in front of her mother and sons last July, just hours after begging police in the UK to drive her to safe house: "I live in fear for my safety. I am so scared of him."
Her estranged husband, 33, was set to be deported to his native Serbia after losing custody of his children in the wake of a conviction for his wife's sexual assault in 2007.
During the murder trial, the jury heard a damning story of an increasingly desperate young woman who feared for her life and the safety of her sons but whose anxiety was downplayed or ignored by authorities in two hemispheres over a period of more than 12 months.
The young couple's five-year marriage ended in May after the first conviction and Cassandra Hasanovic initially fled to Australia where she had family. She lived in the fervent hope that she could pursue custody of her two boys from the safety of Sydney's western suburbs. However the Lewes Court in West Sussex heard that Australian courts insisted she return to the UK, arguing that the case had to be pursued through the British courts.
Philippa McAtasney, QC, who opened the case for the prosecution told the Court: "She obeyed the court order at the cost of her life."
In the months that followed her return, police were called to several violent confrontations between the couple and officers equipped the young mother with a police panic alarm.
Cassie's mother, Sharon De Souza, who desperately tried to drive her daughter to a refuge after police refused to drive her, issued a statement through the family's support officer after the verdict.
She provided a photograph of her beloved daughter and her little grandchildren in memory. Mrs De Souza said nothing could express the family's devastation: "Cassie was a beautiful, loving, compassionate, insipirational woman, an amazing mother, daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, cousin and friend,
"Gentle, warm, thoughtful, caring and generous. A courageous and devoted mother who absolutely adored her children. She wanted to build a beautiful life with them and she had everything to live for. She was just 24 years old when she died.
Mrs De Souza, who now lives in Sydney with her grandchildren, said "a light has gone out of our lies never to be replaced".
". . .She fled to Australia in fear for her and her boys' safety. Cassie was devastated when the Hague convention court hearing in Australia ordered the return of the boys to England. Although Cassie was in fear for her life she felt forced to return with them despite the police deeming Cassie and the boys high risk."
Monday, November 23, 2009
Child Molestation Statistics (Serbia)
The statistics cited here on child sexual abuse in Serbia are very similar to what we see elsewhere in the world: 90% of the victims are girls, 38% of the perpetrators were the fathers of the victim.
http://glassrbije.org/E/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9110&Itemid=28
CHILD MOLESTING IN SERBIA
November 22, 2009
According to the research of the Incest Trauma Center, in the period from September 2008 to the same month this year, more than 55% of reported cases of child molesting relates to the sexual abuse of minors. These inglorious statistics indicate that in 90% the victims were girls, and in 38% of cases the perpetrator was the father, while in the rest of the cases a person known to the victim and its family. The report from Jelica Tapuskovic.
Child molesting does not only refer to psychological and physical maltreatment, but also the sexual abuse, including the obscene phone calls, exhibitionism, voyeurism, rape attempts, child pornography, prostitution, incest etc. The consequences of child molesting are multi-layered, because they do not effect only their mental development, but also their social behavior. The Incest trauma center reports the results of the annual research, and it is explained that with child sexual abuse the physical enforcement and violence are not necessary, but quite often used are the power and authority over the victim, while the physical enforcement was only used when the perpetrator feared the victim might report the crime. It is therefore not unusual that the victims only report the abuse after prolonged periods of suffering. Besides that, the exact number of abused boys is unknown, since in the patriarchal environment such situations are kept secret.
One of the problems lies in the fact that there is no good communication among all the services that register the victims and sexual abuse, so the exact numbers cannot be precisely established. According to director of the Incest Trauma Center Dusica Popadic, a perpetrator usually does not stop at just one crime. “At issue is commonly the serial perpetrator. Sexual abuse has the characteristic of repeated crime. We usually have the information that only one of the children is the victim, but most often several children have suffered from the same molester, but it is unknown. I have to point out to 14% of the cases where one molester used to abuse as many as four children”, warns Popadic. She has underlined that in the majority of instances, the crime is reported by the victim herself, and less frequently by the mother, a relative or an acquaintance of the family.
Natalija Micunovic from the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy has stated that it is necessary to establish cooperation among all competent institutions – police, social protection centers, health institutions. “We need unifying protocols that would improve that cooperation. Therefore, the ministry has initiated the project entitled ‘Battle against sexual and family violence’, which should help in resolving and preventing this problem, not only over women, but also over children”. The project should start on November 25 and last until December 11, while it will include round table discussions in search for the solution to the improvement of the legislative framework, making of a strategy and raising the public awareness of this problem.
http://glassrbije.org/E/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9110&Itemid=28
CHILD MOLESTING IN SERBIA
November 22, 2009
According to the research of the Incest Trauma Center, in the period from September 2008 to the same month this year, more than 55% of reported cases of child molesting relates to the sexual abuse of minors. These inglorious statistics indicate that in 90% the victims were girls, and in 38% of cases the perpetrator was the father, while in the rest of the cases a person known to the victim and its family. The report from Jelica Tapuskovic.
Child molesting does not only refer to psychological and physical maltreatment, but also the sexual abuse, including the obscene phone calls, exhibitionism, voyeurism, rape attempts, child pornography, prostitution, incest etc. The consequences of child molesting are multi-layered, because they do not effect only their mental development, but also their social behavior. The Incest trauma center reports the results of the annual research, and it is explained that with child sexual abuse the physical enforcement and violence are not necessary, but quite often used are the power and authority over the victim, while the physical enforcement was only used when the perpetrator feared the victim might report the crime. It is therefore not unusual that the victims only report the abuse after prolonged periods of suffering. Besides that, the exact number of abused boys is unknown, since in the patriarchal environment such situations are kept secret.
One of the problems lies in the fact that there is no good communication among all the services that register the victims and sexual abuse, so the exact numbers cannot be precisely established. According to director of the Incest Trauma Center Dusica Popadic, a perpetrator usually does not stop at just one crime. “At issue is commonly the serial perpetrator. Sexual abuse has the characteristic of repeated crime. We usually have the information that only one of the children is the victim, but most often several children have suffered from the same molester, but it is unknown. I have to point out to 14% of the cases where one molester used to abuse as many as four children”, warns Popadic. She has underlined that in the majority of instances, the crime is reported by the victim herself, and less frequently by the mother, a relative or an acquaintance of the family.
Natalija Micunovic from the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy has stated that it is necessary to establish cooperation among all competent institutions – police, social protection centers, health institutions. “We need unifying protocols that would improve that cooperation. Therefore, the ministry has initiated the project entitled ‘Battle against sexual and family violence’, which should help in resolving and preventing this problem, not only over women, but also over children”. The project should start on November 25 and last until December 11, while it will include round table discussions in search for the solution to the improvement of the legislative framework, making of a strategy and raising the public awareness of this problem.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Tennis dad has prison sentence confirmed for threatening ambassador; admits to beating daughter (Ruma, Serbia)
Dad DAMIR DOKIC has had his 15-month prison sentence confimed. He is charged with threatening the Australian ambassador to Serbia in this instance, but has a long history of violence, including reports from his tennis player daughter, Jelena Dokic, that he had beat her. In fact, Dad openly admits to beating her.
http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2009/9/25/sports/4782277&sec=sports
Friday September 25, 2009
Dokic’s father jail term confirmed
RUMA (Serbia): A Serbian court confirmed a 15-month prison sentence for the father of tennis player Jelena Dokic on charges that he threatened the Australian ambassador to Serbia.
The retrial for Damir Dokic was held because ambassador Claire Birgin did not testify in person during the original hearing in June. Yesterday, she was again represented by a lawyer.
Dokic’s lawyer, Bosiljka Djukic, said the ruling was “illegal ... according to the same scenario,” and announced another appeal.
Dokic, 50, was brought under police escort to the court in Ruma, about 50km northwest of Belgrade.
He was found guilty in June of “endangering the security” of Birgin in Belgrade and unlawful possession of weapons, including a hand grenade, which were impounded during a police search of his home.
Dokic was arrested in May after reportedly saying he would blow up Birgin’s car if she didn’t stop negative articles about him from being published in Australia.
Jelena Dokic had given interviews to Australian media, saying her father had beaten her.
Dokic told Serbian media he would fire a rocket launcher at Birgin’s car, but later said the statements were made in anger. He also has admitted having beaten his daughter.
Jelena Dokic, 26, born in the former Yugoslavia, migrated to Australia with her family as a child and represented her adopted country at the 2000 Olympics.
Dokic, a Wimbledon semi-finalist in 2000, renounced her Australian ties in 2001 to move back to Serbia, then decided to compete for Australia again in 2006. — AP
http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2009/9/25/sports/4782277&sec=sports
Friday September 25, 2009
Dokic’s father jail term confirmed
RUMA (Serbia): A Serbian court confirmed a 15-month prison sentence for the father of tennis player Jelena Dokic on charges that he threatened the Australian ambassador to Serbia.
The retrial for Damir Dokic was held because ambassador Claire Birgin did not testify in person during the original hearing in June. Yesterday, she was again represented by a lawyer.
Dokic’s lawyer, Bosiljka Djukic, said the ruling was “illegal ... according to the same scenario,” and announced another appeal.
Dokic, 50, was brought under police escort to the court in Ruma, about 50km northwest of Belgrade.
He was found guilty in June of “endangering the security” of Birgin in Belgrade and unlawful possession of weapons, including a hand grenade, which were impounded during a police search of his home.
Dokic was arrested in May after reportedly saying he would blow up Birgin’s car if she didn’t stop negative articles about him from being published in Australia.
Jelena Dokic had given interviews to Australian media, saying her father had beaten her.
Dokic told Serbian media he would fire a rocket launcher at Birgin’s car, but later said the statements were made in anger. He also has admitted having beaten his daughter.
Jelena Dokic, 26, born in the former Yugoslavia, migrated to Australia with her family as a child and represented her adopted country at the 2000 Olympics.
Dokic, a Wimbledon semi-finalist in 2000, renounced her Australian ties in 2001 to move back to Serbia, then decided to compete for Australia again in 2006. — AP
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