The Basic Court in Pristina has approved the request of the Basic Prosecution Office in Pristina, ordering Durim Berisha - former advisor to the acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti - to be banned from approaching a certain place or person - in this case, the imam Sami Fetahi and the other injured party - Tefik Fetahi. Berisha is suspected of the criminal offenses of "Harassment" and "Coercion".
According to the decision, this measure will last until May 31, 2026, and Berisha is obliged to stay away from the injured parties Sami Fetahi and Tefik Fetahi within 100 meters, reports "Oath for Justice".
In case of non-compliance with this measure, it will be replaced with detention. Meanwhile, the North Police Station is obliged to supervise compliance with this measure and notify the court regarding its implementation.
"If the persons protected by this measure intentionally violate the distance that the defendants are required to respect, the court may sentence the protected person to a fine as provided for in Article 443 of this Code," the decision states.
The decision states that the suspect Durim Berisha was detained on May 2, 2026 on suspicion of committing the criminal offense of "Harassment" and "Coercion".
Prosecutor Paulin Pashku had requested the imposition of a ban on approaching a specific place or person, and even during the hearing, he stood by this request.
The prosecutor had reasoned that the suspicion based on the condition for imposing this measure was met, with the reasoning that based on the statement of the injured party and the content of the SMS, it resulted that the defendant had continuously sent messages to the injured parties, and that this was confirmed by viewing the content of those messages.
The decision states that even in his statement to the Police, the defendant did not deny the fact that he sent the SMS or the current contacts with the injured party, with whom he said he met in the last 2-3 days of March 2026. He claimed that he contacted Suhejb Fathain. Meanwhile, he allegedly justified his actions by saying that he wanted to clarify property problems with the injured party.
Further, it is stated that the defendant admitted that he had planned to meet with Tefik Fetahi, therefore, considering the message sent, a reasonable suspicion is formed that the defendant committed the criminal offenses for which he is being investigated.
According to the decision, the defendant is also the son-in-law of the injured parties, and the prosecutor has assessed that the imposition of this measure is in the service of preventing the defendant from hiding, tampering with or changing the evidence of the case, and preventing the influence on witnesses or the injured parties, especially based on the content of the text messages, where the defendant continuously threatens the injured party that he will cause them some harm.
The Prosecution has reasoned that the circumstances, motives and environment in which the criminal offenses were allegedly committed show that the relationship between the defendant and the injured parties is strained.
The Court's decision states that the defendant Berisha did not object to the Prosecution's request for the imposition of a security measure, promising that he would not commit any criminal offense. Berisha's defense attorney, attorney Ngadhnjim Makolli, also agreed with the Prosecution's request.
Therefore, the Court, after analyzing the case files and the statements of the parties, found that the condition for imposing a ban on approaching a certain place or person has been met. It states that if the defendant is at full liberty, he may influence the injured parties - who are friends of his and have not yet been heard in this procedure.
In the case in question, the Court emphasized that the dignity of the injured parties was violated. It states that the injured parties were sent messages with content such as: "A person does not take you seriously until you poke your eyes out. Then, oh my god, what happened", "Mullah s**i", "the imam who does not leave a woman without harassment", "Zalloga abandons his wife and children while the sermon teaches you to treat women with respect, what a scumbag the imam is today", "The most fatal mistake is to underestimate the person you yourself pushed to the point where he mercilessly does not spare you anymore, that's how you signed your end", "Soon in the media, news about the imam from Pristina who does not provide food for his children", and others.
With these actions, it is said that the defendant has caused emotional distress to the injured parties, while with the aim of illegally obtaining property for himself or another person, he uses serious threats against the injured parties Sami Fetahi and Tefik Fetahi, to commit an act to the detriment of their property, where he initially demands 1,150,000.00 euros and then 690,000,00 euros, claiming that this money belongs to him, with the justification that the defendant had helped the injured party's father Sami in selling the property and in preventing the sale of the property by someone else, in this case sending the injured parties messages with coercive content.
Therefore, the pre-trial judge Eroll Gashi assessed that imposing a ban on approaching a specific place or person is an adequate measure.
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