Former military court judge cleared of libel

A judge at the former Military Court has been cleared of charges that he made false public statements about the health of murdered soldier Dragan Jakovljevic. The Belgrade District Court overturned the warning issued to Vuk Tufegdzic by the First Municipal Court last November for leaking personal and family information. Former military court judge cleared of libel The information concerned the family and health issues of Dragan Jakovljevic, one of the two soldiers killed in Topcider on October 5, 2004. The District Court stated that the ruling would take immediate effect. The court also rejected as unsubstantiated a lawsuit filed by Jakovljevic’s parents, Janko and Rosa, accusing Tufegdzic of telling Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti on December 17, 2004 that their son had been suffering from psychological difficulties, that he had not communicated with other soldiers, and that a day before the tragedy he had been unable to put a mobile phone together. Tufegdzic led the Army Commission that conducted the inquest after the tragedy, where it was concluded that Jakovljevic and fellow recruit Drazen Milovanovic had killed each other. The families of the soldiers claim that their sons were murdered by a third person.

Former military court judge cleared of libel

The information concerned the family and health issues of Dragan Jakovljević, one of the two soldiers killed in Topčider on October 5, 2004.

The District Court stated that the ruling would take immediate effect.

The court also rejected as unsubstantiated a lawsuit filed by Jakovljević’s parents, Janko and Rosa, accusing Tufegdžić of telling Belgrade daily Večernje Novosti on December 17, 2004 that their son had been suffering from psychological difficulties, that he had not communicated with other soldiers, and that a day before the tragedy he had been unable to put a mobile phone together.

Tufegdžić led the Army Commission that conducted the inquest after the tragedy, where it was concluded that Jakovljević and fellow recruit Dražen Milovanović had killed each other.

The families of the soldiers claim that their sons were murdered by a third person.