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06-19-2008, 02:03 PM
Serbia's top court sentences former security chief to 40 years in prison
By Slobodan Lekic, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BELGRADE, Serbia - Serbia's Supreme Court has sentence a former security chief under the late strongman Slobodan Milosevic to 40 years in prison.
Radomir Markovic was convicted of trying to kill opposition leader Vuk Draskovic in October 1999.
Draskovic survived the staged road accident, and later became Serbia's foreign minister, but three of his bodyguards and a party official died in the attack.
Milorad Ulemek, a former commander of Serbia's paramilitary police, and two members of his unit, were also convicted in attack.
They have also been sentenced to 40 years in prison, the maximum allowed under law.
Seven other men received sentences of up to 35 years. Two others, both former senior Belgrade police officers who had investigated the crash, were acquitted.Story continued.... (http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2008/06/19/5925601-ap.html)
By Slobodan Lekic, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BELGRADE, Serbia - Serbia's Supreme Court has sentence a former security chief under the late strongman Slobodan Milosevic to 40 years in prison.
Radomir Markovic was convicted of trying to kill opposition leader Vuk Draskovic in October 1999.
Draskovic survived the staged road accident, and later became Serbia's foreign minister, but three of his bodyguards and a party official died in the attack.
Milorad Ulemek, a former commander of Serbia's paramilitary police, and two members of his unit, were also convicted in attack.
They have also been sentenced to 40 years in prison, the maximum allowed under law.
Seven other men received sentences of up to 35 years. Two others, both former senior Belgrade police officers who had investigated the crash, were acquitted.Story continued.... (http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2008/06/19/5925601-ap.html)