Police abuse victim stealing again

A young Roma man who was abused while in police custody was caught stealing three times since the interior minister received him to apologize. Danijel Stojanovic, a resident of Kovin, was arrested last night in the town of Valjevo along with an accomplice after breaking into a home and trying to steal a woman's purse, the police union said in a statement on Sunday. Police abuse victim stealing again He has been detained by local police, said the statement. Stojanovic was in the focus of media attention recently when a video made in a police station in northern Serbia in 2007 surfaced on the internet, showing two police officers verbally and physically abusing him. The police officers were immediately arrested, while Stojanovic traveled to Belgrade where Interior Minister Ivica Dacic received them to apologize for the ordeal that he suffered. Stojanovic, who has over 40 criminal complaints filed against him, mostly for burglary, promised publicly he would not steal again. However, only several days later, a security camera at a has station caught him stealing chocolates, and the video was posted on the internet. Stojanovic was recently arrested again for stealing money from a Ukrainian truck driver. Danijel Stojanovic and his father Gani (Beta, file)

Police abuse victim stealing again

He has been detained by local police, said the statement.

Stojanović was in the focus of media attention recently when a video made in a police station in northern Serbia in 2007 surfaced on the internet, showing two police officers verbally and physically abusing him.

The police officers were immediately arrested, while Stojanović traveled to Belgrade where Interior Minister Ivica Dačić received them to apologize for the ordeal that he suffered.

Stojanović, who has over 40 criminal complaints filed against him, mostly for burglary, promised publicly he would not steal again.

However, only several days later, a security camera at a has station caught him stealing chocolates, and the video was posted on the internet.

Stojanović was recently arrested again for stealing money from a Ukrainian truck driver.