SARAJEVO, APRIL 5 (ONASA) – The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued and publicly announced the first-instance verdict in the case of Fadil Novalić et al.
The accused Fadil Novalić, Fahrudin Solak, Fikret Hodžić were declared guilty, and the legal entity “F.H. Silver raspberry” Ltd. Sućeska, Srebrenica, represented by the third defendant Fikret Hodžić, who was declared responsible for having committed the extended criminal offense of abuse of position or authority with the actions described in the condemning part of the verdict, and the accused Fahrudin Solak also committed the criminal offense of falsifying an official document.
The court imposed the following sentences on the accused for the aforementioned criminal acts, Fadil Novalić was sentenced to four years in prison.
The time during which he was deprived of his liberty from May 29, 2020 is included in the prison sentence imposed on the accused until May 31,2020., Fahrudin Solak was sentenced to five years in prison for the extended criminal offense of abuse of position or authority, and one year and six months in prison for the criminal offense of forgery of an official document, after which he imposed a single sentence on the accused Fahrudin Solak imprisonment for six years.
The time during which he was deprived of liberty from May 28, 2020 is included in the prison sentence imposed on the accused until May 31,2020. Fikret Hodžić was sentenced to five years in prison.
The time during which he was deprived of liberty from May 28, 2020 is included in the prison sentence imposed on the accused until May 31,2020.
To the legal entity “F.H. Silver raspberry” Ltd. Sućeska, Srebrenica fine in the amount of 200,000 BAM.
From the accused Fikret Hodžić and the legal entity “F.H. Srebrena malina” Ltd., Sućeska, Srebrenica, property benefit obtained by committing a criminal offense in the amount of 694,747.78 BAM, of which a part in the amount of 87,000 BAM was temporarily confiscated according to the certificate of temporary confiscation of items from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Sarajevo Canton.
The court imposed on the accused Fadil Novalić and Fikret Hodžić a security measure of confiscation of the objects used in the commission of the crime, as in the sentence of the verdict.
The defendants Fadil Novalić, Fahrudin Solak, Fikret Hodžić and the legal entity “F.H. Silver raspberry” Ltd. Sućeska, Srebrenica were acquitted of the charge that by the actions described in the exculpatory part of the verdict, they committed the criminal offense of conspiracy to commit criminal offenses under Article 249 of the Criminal Code of BiH, in connection with the criminal offenses of abuse of position or authority under Article 383 of the Criminal Code of BiH, receiving a reward or other form used for influence peddling from Article 219 of the CC of BiH, money laundering from Article 209 of the CC of BiH, falsification or destruction of business or commercial books or documents from Article 261 of the CC of BiH, falsification of an official document from Article 389 of the CC of BiH and violation of the obligation to keep commercial and business books and compilation of financial statements and their falsification or destruction referred to in Article 262 of the KZRS.
The accused Jelka Milićević was acquitted of the charge that by the actions described in the exculpatory part of the verdict, she committed the criminal offense of unconscionable work in the service referred to in Article 387 of the CZFBiH.
The court instructed the injured Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, represented by the Attorney General’s Office of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to pursue any property claim in civil proceedings.
In relation to the convicting part of the verdict, the accused are obliged to compensate the costs of the criminal proceedings, the amount of which will be determined by the Court in a special decision after obtaining the necessary information, while the costs of the criminal proceedings in relation to the acquittal part of the verdict fall on the budget of this Court.
An appeal against this verdict is allowed to the council of the Appellate Division within 15 days from the receipt of the written dispatch.