/
Zoran
terpretation of the expression, i.e. "on the payroll of the famous Kruievac criminal
group in
?lotli
Jotka", after which it is stated that this is claimed by a member of the criminal
he had
the conversation. Also, in the following text, after the words "who will kill him?, so
once aga in
Gasic on the cauldron". There is one one to kill him", says zotaia" il is emphasized
from
that the expression "to be on the cauldron" means that this person receives money
pointed
out
it
is
and
again
someone, after which the surname of the plaintiff is mentioned
that he is from Krulevac, and since 2014 the director ofthe lntelli8ence agency BIA'
lnthepartthatreferstothefaithfultransmissionofthequotedwiretapped
on Public
conversations, the defendants acted in accordance with Article 74 0f the Law
hearing'
main
is,
the
that
lnformation and faithfully transmitted information from the trial,
However, the plaintiff does not base his request on the fact that the information that was
faithfully conveyed to hlm from the trialwas information that caused him damage, nor did he
the
dispute during the proceedings the fact that it was conveyed in the way it was said in
wiretapped conversations. ln this regard, the allegations of the defendants that due to the
faithful transmission of information from the main trial, there is no liability on their part in
terms of Article 116 of the Law on Public Information are not relevant. For the same reasons,
the defendants did not have the obligation to check the content of the information presented
as part of
the evidence procedure at the main trial.
However, the plaintiff bases his request on the fact that the damage he suffered was
caused due to the p u b lication of the title of the text and the interpretation of the defendant
journalist within the text itself of the expression "to be on the cauldron" where it is directly
linked to the persons against whom criminal proceedings are being conducted, by indicating
that the plaintiff is a person financed by the accused, and that he is corrupt. Namely, the title
,,Political connections of the Kruievac criminal group: ,,Jotka had GaSii on the
of the text
cauldron" represents the assertion of the existence of connections between the criminal
group and the plaintifl, bearing in mind that the plaintiff is directly mentioned in the title of
ih. tu*t in question. The information published in this way, i.e. the title of the text published
in this way, regardless of the fact that in one part
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10
which recording was played at the main
conversation
it contains a quote from a wiretapped
trial, as a whole represents information suitable to harm the honor and reputation of the
plaintiff, taking into account first of allthe function he performs in at the time of publication
ofthe text in question, which implies exactly the opposite behavior from what it is associated
with, i.e. the fight against organized crime, and not association with members of criminal
groups and persons against whom criminal proceedings are being conducted due to organized
crim e.
provide
title in writing, that is, the announcement ill the electronic media, aims to
follows in the text,
basic information in a few words, that is, the core of the information that
the head
and to attract the reader's attention with a certain attractiveness' However'
The
formulatedinthisWaygoesbeyondtheusUallimitsofattractingthereader'sa
text, which i
cspecially considering the content of the entire relatively voluminous
du
about other persons without mentioning their names, and considering the
f *{e,"
T
tUta
t- 'adp$on