VSS orders retrial for football hooligan

The Supreme Court has quashed the verdict of the District Court in Belgrade and ordered a retrial in the case of football hooligan Uros Misic. The District Court found Red Star fan Misic guilty of the attempted murder of an undercover police officer at a match between Hajduk Kula and Red Star in late 2007, sentencing him to 10 years in prison. VSS orders retrial for football hooligan In clarifying its decision, the Supreme Court stated that the first-instance verdict had seriously contravened certain provisions of criminal procedure, as “the first-instance verdict contains no clear reasons on the decisive facts that contradict the evidence presented, while the first-instance verdict contradicts the reasons given in the clarification of the judgment." The Supreme Court has remanded Misic in custody. Uros Misic (FoNet, archive)

VSS orders retrial for football hooligan

In clarifying its decision, the Supreme Court stated that the first-instance verdict had seriously contravened certain provisions of criminal procedure, as “the first-instance verdict contains no clear reasons on the decisive facts that contradict the evidence presented, while the first-instance verdict contradicts the reasons given in the clarification of the judgment."

The Supreme Court has remanded Mišić in custody.