B92 cameraman assailant gets house arrest

A man accused of attacking a B92 cameraman on assignment has been found guilty and sentenced to ten months under house arrest. The defendant, Milan Savatijevic, was the first accused in the case tried before Belgrade's First Court. B92 cameraman assailant gets house arrest Nikola Lazic and Stefan Milicevic, who were also indicted, were given six and four months suspended sentence respectively. The three will also pay court costs that amount to RSD 55,000. Cameraman Bosko Brankovic was attacked on July 24, 2008, while covering a protest rally organized in the wake of the arrest of Radovan Karadzic. His attackers faced jail-time of up to five years if found guilty of participating in a group committing a crime. All three denied during the trial that they had inflicted serious bodily harm to Brankovic. Brankovic suffered a broken leg and torn ligaments in one knee. He was attacked as he was filming another attack - on the FoNet news agency photo journalist, whose camera was broken. The crowd chanted "beat the journalist", while the incident was taking place. A file photo of the scene of the incident (FoNet)

B92 cameraman assailant gets house arrest

Nikola Lazić and Stefan Milićević, who were also indicted, were given six and four months suspended sentence respectively.

The three will also pay court costs that amount to RSD 55,000.

Cameraman Boško Branković was attacked on July 24, 2008, while covering a protest rally organized in the wake of the arrest of Radovan Karadžić.

His attackers faced jail-time of up to five years if found guilty of participating in a group committing a crime.

All three denied during the trial that they had inflicted serious bodily harm to Branković.

Branković suffered a broken leg and torn ligaments in one knee. He was attacked as he was filming another attack - on the FoNet news agency photo journalist, whose camera was broken. The crowd chanted "beat the journalist", while the incident was taking place.