Investigation to continue in Bytyqi case

War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević has told B92 that the prosecution will continue the investigation into the murder of the Bytyqi brothers.

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Wednesday, 23.09.2009.

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War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic has told B92 that the prosecution will continue the investigation into the murder of the Bytyqi brothers. Vukcevic said that the prosecution would appeal the acquittals of two former police officers Sreten Popovic and Milos Stojanovic, who were cleared of complicity in the murders. Investigation to continue in Bytyqi case Asked why the indictment had changed over the last three years, Vukcevic said that the prosecution had adjusted the indictment to take into account new evidence presented. “In any case, we are not happy with the verdict. We will appeal. We believe that the evidence proved that the crimes had been committed, as we said in our closing statement, but the court thought differently,” Vukcevic said. “It was noticed earlier that in cases involving police officers, there is a so-called silent conspiracy. Other police officers and witnesses do not want to point the finger at their friends,” he said. “I said at the beginning of my mandate that everyone involved in a war crime in any way would be tried,” Vukcevic said. Asked whether that meant that the Bytyqi investigation would continue, he said, “Absolutely.” Vukcevic refuted statements that the prosecution had only targeted low-ranking police officers in the Bytyqi case. Sreten Popovic and Milos Stojanovic leave court yesterday after being found not guilty (FoNet)

Investigation to continue in Bytyqi case

Asked why the indictment had changed over the last three years, Vukčević said that the prosecution had adjusted the indictment to take into account new evidence presented.

“In any case, we are not happy with the verdict. We will appeal. We believe that the evidence proved that the crimes had been committed, as we said in our closing statement, but the court thought differently,” Vukčević said.

“It was noticed earlier that in cases involving police officers, there is a so-called silent conspiracy. Other police officers and witnesses do not want to point the finger at their friends,” he said.

“I said at the beginning of my mandate that everyone involved in a war crime in any way would be tried,” Vukčević said.

Asked whether that meant that the Bytyqi investigation would continue, he said, “Absolutely.”

Vukčević refuted statements that the prosecution had only targeted low-ranking police officers in the Bytyqi case.

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