The Basic Court in Pristina has found Miloš Plesković guilty and sentenced him to 15 years in prison, accused of war crimes in Kosovo.
According to the indictment, during 1998-99 in Prizren, Plesković, in collaboration with a group of armed Serbs, killed three Albanian civilians and injured several others, reports "Oath of Justice".
The verdict against Plesković was announced on Thursday by the presiding judge, Rrahman Beqiri.
According to Judge Beqiri, the 15-year prison sentence will be executed within 15 days of the verdict becoming final.
The injured parties are directed to regular civil proceedings.
The accused is ordered to pay the costs of the criminal proceedings - a lump sum of 200 euros and another 100 euros for the compensation fee for crime victims.
The same person's detention shall be continued until the judgment becomes final, but not longer than the sentence imposed by this judgment.
Otherwise, according to the indictment of the Special Prosecutor's Office filed on June 7, 2024, it is said that during 1998-99 in Prizren, Milosh Plesković, in collaboration with other persons, violated the rules of international law against civilians, by killing the victims.
According to the indictment, Plesković, operating as an armed group with 7-8 persons of Serbian nationality, on September 1, 1998 in Prizren, while the victims RD, BD, FB, together with the injured Fevzi Cana, Xhenger, were going to their mountain. Cana and Bashkim Kastrati were initially stopped suddenly by the Serbian armed group, who were then insulted with Serbian words, and the accused was also seen among that Serbian armed group Pleskovic.
At one point, according to the indictment, it is said that Pleskovic started shooting with a "Kalashnikov" type weapon, where RD, BD, and FB were killed by the shooting at the scene, while the injured were Xhenger Cana, Fevzi Cana and Bashkim. The castrati had escaped.
Further, in the indictment it is stated that the families of the deceased were allowed to take their bodies a week after the murder, where it is said that the bodies of R. and BD were placed on top of each other, while one of them his leg was cut off, while victim F. did not have his head in his body.
Therefore, for these actions, Plesković was charged with the criminal offense "War crime against the civilian population" sanctioned by Article 142 in conjunction with Article 22 of the Criminal Code of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as the law in force at the time of the commission of the criminal offense.
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