Court reduces sentences for French fan murderers

The Court of Appeals in Belgrade has made a decision to halve sentences to those responsible for French football fan Brice Taton’s murder, B92 has learned. The court has finished deliberating the verdict in the case of the Frenchman, who was killed on September 17, 2009 and it is expected to publish it on Thursday. Court reduces sentences for French fan murderers Higher Court in Belgrade Judge Mirjana Ilic sentenced Djordje Prelic and Dejan Puzigaca, who are still on the run, to 35 and 32 years in prison and Ljubomir Markovic and Ivan Grkovic to 30 years. Vladan Suvajac, Jovan Karbic, Milan Vujovic, Branimir Cetnik were sentenced to 14 years and Dragan Tomasovic, Stefan Velickovic, Milan Tarlac and Bojan Matijevic to 12 years in prison. Stepa Petrovic and Dejan Stankovic were sentenced to five and four years in prison, respectively, for their involvement in the fight. Vladimir Boskovic, was sentenced to eight months probation for aiding the hooligans after the attack. He was the only one who was not in custody during the trial. The 28-year-old Frenchman was beaten by the hooligans in downtown Belgrade on September 17, 2009 ahead of the match between FC Partizan and Toulouse. He suffered massive head injuries, injuries to his aorta and had a bleeding in his chest. Taton died from the injuries in the Belgrade Clinical Center on September 29, 2009. The court determined in the original verdict that the perpetrators committed aggravated murder, bearing in mind that they were aware of their actions and the fact that it was illegal. Alcatraz fan group leader Prelic, Irriducibili fan group leaders Grkovic and Markovic and Rebels group leader Puzigaca organized the attack on Taton. According to the initial verdict, they used cell phones to call their accomplices and other football fans to meet in downtown Belgrade. Puzigaca handed them torches, baseball bats and masks before they split into groups and headed toward a bar where the French fans were. Markovic, Grkovic and Puzigaca continued to coordinate the attack on the Toulouse supporters. The attackers started hitting the French fans with torches, bats and bottles. The sentenced men then surrounded Taton and started kicking him while he was on the ground, throwing ashtrays and glasses at him and hitting him with bats and torches. Then they dragged him and pushed him into a stairway railing before they intentionally threw him into a space between an underground garage and the staircase which was 2.28 meters deep. The attackers then run away in various directions. Brice Taton B92

Court reduces sentences for French fan murderers

Higher Court in Belgrade Judge Mirjana Ilić sentenced Đorđe Prelić and Dejan Puzigaća, who are still on the run, to 35 and 32 years in prison and Ljubomir Marković and Ivan Grković to 30 years.

Vladan Suvajac, Jovan Karbić, Milan Vujović, Branimir Četnik were sentenced to 14 years and Dragan Tomasović, Stefan Veličković, Milan Tarlać and Bojan Matijević to 12 years in prison.

Stepa Petrović and Dejan Stanković were sentenced to five and four years in prison, respectively, for their involvement in the fight.

Vladimir Bošković, was sentenced to eight months probation for aiding the hooligans after the attack. He was the only one who was not in custody during the trial.

The 28-year-old Frenchman was beaten by the hooligans in downtown Belgrade on September 17, 2009 ahead of the match between FC Partizan and Toulouse. He suffered massive head injuries, injuries to his aorta and had a bleeding in his chest. Taton died from the injuries in the Belgrade Clinical Center on September 29, 2009.

The court determined in the original verdict that the perpetrators committed aggravated murder, bearing in mind that they were aware of their actions and the fact that it was illegal.

Alcatraz fan group leader Prelić, Irriducibili fan group leaders Grković and Marković and Rebels group leader Puzigaća organized the attack on Taton.

According to the initial verdict, they used cell phones to call their accomplices and other football fans to meet in downtown Belgrade. Puzigaća handed them torches, baseball bats and masks before they split into groups and headed toward a bar where the French fans were.

Marković, Grković and Puzigaća continued to coordinate the attack on the Toulouse supporters.

The attackers started hitting the French fans with torches, bats and bottles.

The sentenced men then surrounded Taton and started kicking him while he was on the ground, throwing ashtrays and glasses at him and hitting him with bats and torches.

Then they dragged him and pushed him into a stairway railing before they intentionally threw him into a space between an underground garage and the staircase which was 2.28 meters deep.

The attackers then run away in various directions.