N9.T6 – KATNIĆ REQUESTS DISCLOSURE OF ORIGINAL COMMUNICATION FROM THE SKY APPLICATION, REITERATES ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE AND THE POLICE
N9.T6 – KATNIĆ REQUESTS DISCLOSURE OF ORIGINAL COMMUNICATION FROM THE SKY APPLICATION, REITERATES ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE AND THE POLICE
HRA NEWSLETTER 9 – TOPIC 6
Former Chief Special Prosecutor Milivoje Katnić has once again accused the investigative authorities of falsifying evidence and omitting numerous messages from the SKY communication in order to incriminate him, that is, to publicly portray him as a member of a criminal group allegedly organized by the former Deputy Director of the Police Directorate, Zoran Lazović. During the hearing held on June 19 at the High Court in Podgorica, he stated that the Special State Prosecutor’s Office team and certain police officers engaged in cooperation with Europol acted unlawfully.
Due to this, Katnić requested the court panel to obtain the original communication, allegedly crucial for his defense, directly from Europol. This concerns correspondence via the SKY application between Petar Lazović, an accused police officer, and Radoje Zvicer, the accused leader of the Kavač criminal clan.
Milivoje Katnić, Zoran Lazović, and former Special Prosecutor Saša Čađenović are being tried for, among other charges, abuse of official position, allegedly acting in the interest of the criminal clan led by Zvicer.
While analyzing the messages used as evidence against him by the Special State Prosecutor’s Office, Katnić noted that they do not prove that Petar Lazović was a member of Radoje Zvicer’s criminal group. Instead, the primary motive for their communication was for Zoran Lazović’s son to obtain information about members of the Kavač clan.
As evidence supporting him and Saša Čađenović, Katnić also cited messages from members of the Kavač clan who planned his assassination, as well as an attack on Čađenović. He claims that the Special State Prosecutor’s Office concealed the messages about the planned attack on the special prosecutor.
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