Ibar Highway Assassination Attempt - Third Trial (2006-2007)

Third Trial (2006-2007)

The third trial, again under the presiding judge Bojan Mišić, ended on 14 February 2007.

The verdict was delivered on February 16, 2007. It resulted in the following sentences:

• Milorad Ulemek (former JSO commander), received 15 years for taking part in the assassination attempt.
• Nenad Ilić, JSO member and the driver of the truck also received 15 years.
• 4 other JSO members (Nenad Bujošević, Duško Maričić, Branko Berček, and Leonid Milivojević) all received 14 years each for taking part in the assassination.
• Radomir Marković (former Serbian State Security Service chief), received 10 years for helping those that directly carried out the crime by aiding them after they committed it.
• Mihalj Kertes (former Federal Customs director), received 2 and a half years for aiding the immediate executioners of the assassination attempt after the crime was committed.
• Dragiša Dinić (former chief of Serbian Interior Ministry traffic police), received 19 months.
• Vidan Mijailović (member of Serbian Interior Ministry traffic police), received 9 months.

The remaining two individuals on the indictment list were again absolved of responsibility: Milan Radonjić (former State Security's Belgrade branch chief) and Branko Đurić (former Police Chief in Belgrade).

On appeal, the Supreme Court made a decision that the case should be again be re-tried in front of the Supreme Court rather than sending it back to the District Court.