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The defendant, Stevan Dojdinovii, editor-in-chief of the Krik portal, lS oBLIGED To
publish the introduction and the sentence of the verdict on the Krik portal, no later then in
the next published edition by the electronic media, from the day the verdict becomes final.
The claim of the plaintiff ls REJECTED, in which he requested that the defendants,
M reia za istraZivanje krimina la i koru pcije, as th e pu blish er of the Krik po rta I a nd the .jou rna list
of the Krik portal, Milica vojinovii, be obliged to publish the introduction and the sentence of
the verdlct without any comment and without delay, on the Krik portal, no later then in the
ncxt published edition by the electronlc media, from the day the verdict becomes final, AS
UNFOUNDED.
The claim lS DISMISSED in the part in which the plaintiff requested that the
introduction and the sentence ofthe verdict be published under the threat of a fine.
The defendants ARE OBLIGED TO compensate the plaintiffs costs of the litigation
jointly and severa lly in the amount of41,800.00 dinars, within 15 days from the date of receipt
of the verdict with interest from the date of execution of the decision until payment.
Rationale
The plaintiff filed a lawsuit against the defendants for compensation for non-material
damage due to injury to honor and reputation due to the publication of a text on the Krik
portal under the title "Political connections of the Krulevac criminal group: ,,Jotka had Gaiii
on the cauldron". He pointed out that this is information suitable to injury the honor and
reputation of the plaintiff, because the text, in addition to the information that represents
reporting from the trial in the criminal procedure, the authenticity of which he did not
dispute, makes claims that the plaintiff is connected to the Kruievac criminal group, which is
stated in the title of the text, which is why he believes that the defendants did not act with
due journalistic attention, and that, bearing in mind the title under which the text was
published and the comments of journalists within the text itself, the plaintifl who is the
holder of a state office and the director of the Security lnformation Agency, points out that
his honor and reputation are injured by deffendents. He su88ested that the court accept the
claim. He sought and determined the costs ofthe procedure.
ln their response to the lawsuit and during the procedure, the defendants contested
the lawsuit and the claim. They pointed out that the text in question is a report from the trial
of the accused Zoran Jotii Jotka, the so-called "Jotka's group", against whom criminal
proceedings under the number Kpol f98/79 arc being conducted in the Higher Court in
Belgrade. The journalist, defendant Milica Vojinovii, who reported from the trial in question,
faithfully conveyed and clearly indicated where the p u blished information came from, i'e. that
It was the evidence of the prosecution - secretly-recorded wiretapped conversations
between Sa!a Zoraja and lgor NeIkovii. They further stated that the explanation of the
expression "to be on the cauldron" does not represent an untrue claim ofthe
rather an explanation of a well-known domesticated metaphor. The defendants
the plaintiff's comment before publishing the text, and the second def
editorial decision to publish the text, bearing in mind that it was about
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