Prizren Group free, "but still guilty"

Three members of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) Prizren Group have not been acquitted, even though they were released from jail.

Izvor: Tanjug

Sunday, 12.04.2009.

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Three members of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) Prizren Group have not been acquitted, even though they were released from jail. This is according to Albanian language media in Pristina, which also writes that the three Kosovo Albanians – Selim Krasnici, Bedri Zuberaj and Agron Krasinici – have had their war crimes sentences reduced from seven to six years and were set free since they already served that time. Prizren Group free, "but still guilty" This report in Koha Ditore today, based on the daily's Kosovo Supreme Court sources, contradicts yesterday's statement by one of defense counsels who said the EULEX trial chamber overturned the UNMIK judgment from 2006, to acquit the three for lack of evidence against them. Today, EULEX spokeswoman Karen Limbal confirmed that the Prizren Group members had their sentences reduced and were released from prison for this reason. Lawyer Mahmut Halimi was reported as saying that he did not deliberately mislead the public when he announced that the convicted KLA members were acquitted, but that there was an error when the court's administration failed to send a written copy of the chamber's ruling. The Prizren Group was found guilty on an indictment covering the war crimes they had committed against fellow ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.

Prizren Group free, "but still guilty"

This report in Koha Ditore today, based on the daily's Kosovo Supreme Court sources, contradicts yesterday's statement by one of defense counsels who said the EULEX trial chamber overturned the UNMIK judgment from 2006, to acquit the three for lack of evidence against them.

Today, EULEX spokeswoman Karen Limbal confirmed that the Prizren Group members had their sentences reduced and were released from prison for this reason.

Lawyer Mahmut Halimi was reported as saying that he did not deliberately mislead the public when he announced that the convicted KLA members were acquitted, but that there was an error when the court's administration failed to send a written copy of the chamber's ruling.

The Prizren Group was found guilty on an indictment covering the war crimes they had committed against fellow ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.

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