Drunk driver gets 3.5 yrs for killing child

A retired colonel who last December fatally injured a boy in a traffic accident in Leskovac was today found guilty and sentenced to 3.5 years in jail. Tests showed that Zoran Marjanovic (53), had 2.12 permilles of blood alcohol when he hit the 8-year-old with his car. The legal limit in Serbia is 0.5 permilles. Drunk driver gets 3.5 yrs for killing child At the time of the accident the boy, who succumbed to his injuries in hospital three days later, was riding a bicycle with his grandfather. Marjanovic was not present in the court today when the verdict was read. The victim's father, Bojan Stanojevic, expressed his indignation with the sentence, passed by the District Court in Leskovac, southern Serbia, and announced he would lodge an appeal with the Supreme Court of Serbia, describing the punishment as "lenient". "This ruling of the court is incomprehensible. Is this what a young life is worth?," the father was quoted as saying.

Drunk driver gets 3.5 yrs for killing child

At the time of the accident the boy, who succumbed to his injuries in hospital three days later, was riding a bicycle with his grandfather.

Marjanović was not present in the court today when the verdict was read.

The victim's father, Bojan Stanojević, expressed his indignation with the sentence, passed by the District Court in Leskovac, southern Serbia, and announced he would lodge an appeal with the Supreme Court of Serbia, describing the punishment as "lenient".

"This ruling of the court is incomprehensible. Is this what a young life is worth?," the father was quoted as saying.