Several hundred citizens of Karaburma blocked the street where he is a nine-year-old boy was killed, saying that he would not leave until the driver who killed the boy was imprisoned. They brought flowers and lit candles to the place of suffering. They observed a minute of silence, while the ambulance crews gave them signal support.
On Sunday, the boy was crossing the street with his father and younger brother at a pedestrian crossing, when a car ran into them and the driver fled the scene.
After the hearing, in which the 38-year-old driver defended himself by keeping silent, the prosecution requested detention for thirty days, but he was released.
While the second-instance decision of the court is expected, Damir Okanović, the director of the Committee for Traffic Safety, says that the case should be taken over by the Higher Prosecutor’s Office, because this is the most serious crime against traffic safety and the public is upset.
“Now a new ground for detention is being acquired, which has not existed so far, and that is that if a crime has been committed for which a sentence of over 10 years is threatened, and there has been public disturbance that may interfere with the procedure – the driver can be detained “In any case, I expect the High Prosecutor’s Office to take over the case and we certainly expect a second-instance court decision regarding detention. The court is obliged to apply the mildest measure to ensure that the defendant is present, but in this case I think the prosecution’s appeal is well-founded.” , said Okanovic
According to him, it is high time to ask ourselves whether our criminal policy regarding criminal acts in the field of traffic is appropriate, because we get the impression that life in traffic is very cheap.
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