Pukanić case suspect pleads "not guilty"

Bojan Gudurić, accused of the murder of Croat journalist and publisher Ivo Pukanić and his colleague Miko Franjić, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

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Monday, 15.03.2010.

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Bojan Guduric, accused of the murder of Croat journalist and publisher Ivo Pukanic and his colleague Miko Franjic, pleaded not guilty to the charges. After the indictment was read in Zagreb on Monday, Guduric said that he was not guilty of any of the counts of the indictment that accuses him of the murder of Pukanic and Franjic, who were killed in a car bomb explosion on October 23, 2008, or the organized international crime that had the goal of killing two other people in Zagreb. Pukanic case suspect pleads "not guilty" The trial restarted today with the indictment read once again, considering that Guduric was out of the Croatian judiciary's reach until the end of February this year, when he was extradited from Bosnia. As the trial continued today, the defense and prosecution discussed whether all the testimonies of the witnesses should be read again, considering that the trail had restarted formally and legally. The defense was against reading the testimony of controversial Montenegrin businessman Ratko Knezevic, who accused the “Tobacco Mafia,” Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic and crime boss Stanko Subotic, of the murder. According to the indictment, Guduric participated in the preparation of the Pukanic murder, and was ordered to kill Pukanic with a sniper rifle if the bomb that was planted to kill him failed to detonate. The bomb was allegedly placed at the scene by suspect Zeljko Milanovic. After the murder, Guduric escaped from Croatia and then surrendered to police in February of this year in Banja Luka. He pleaded not guilty in Bosnia, and said that he believed that he would receive a fair trial in Croatia. Serbia also asked for Guduric’s extradition, since he is a Serbian citizen, but the Bosnian courts decided to extradite him to Croatia. Robert and Luka Matanic, Amir Mafalani, Zeljko Milovanovic and Slobodan Djurovic are also indicted for planning and executing the murder of Pukanic and Franic. Milanovic is in custody in Belgrade and is waiting to be tried in Serbia for the same crime, since he is accused alongside Milenko Kuzmanovic, and suspected financer of the crime, Sreten Jocic, who allegedly paid EUR 1.5mn for the murder. The arrest of Guduric (Tanjug, file)

Pukanić case suspect pleads "not guilty"

The trial restarted today with the indictment read once again, considering that Gudurić was out of the Croatian judiciary's reach until the end of February this year, when he was extradited from Bosnia.

As the trial continued today, the defense and prosecution discussed whether all the testimonies of the witnesses should be read again, considering that the trail had restarted formally and legally.

The defense was against reading the testimony of controversial Montenegrin businessman Ratko Knežević, who accused the “Tobacco Mafia,” Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Đukanović and crime boss Stanko Subotić, of the murder.

According to the indictment, Gudurić participated in the preparation of the Pukanić murder, and was ordered to kill Pukanić with a sniper rifle if the bomb that was planted to kill him failed to detonate.

The bomb was allegedly placed at the scene by suspect Željko Milanović.

After the murder, Gudurić escaped from Croatia and then surrendered to police in February of this year in Banja Luka.

He pleaded not guilty in Bosnia, and said that he believed that he would receive a fair trial in Croatia.

Serbia also asked for Gudurić’s extradition, since he is a Serbian citizen, but the Bosnian courts decided to extradite him to Croatia.

Robert and Luka Matanić, Amir Mafalani, Željko Milovanović and Slobodan Đurović are also indicted for planning and executing the murder of Pukanić and Franić.

Milanović is in custody in Belgrade and is waiting to be tried in Serbia for the same crime, since he is accused alongside Milenko Kuzmanović, and suspected financer of the crime, Sreten Jocić, who allegedly paid EUR 1.5mn for the murder.

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