Appeals Court annuls the indictment confirmation for a third time in the canopy case
The Belgrade Appeals Court again annulled confirmation of the Belgrade Higher Public Prosecutor's indictment over the Novi Sad station canopy collapse that killed 16 people, returning the matter to the Belgrade Higher Court. This is separate from the Novi Sad proceeding, where the local Appeals Court recently confirmed an indictment.
What matters
Decision
The Appeals Court annulled the indictment confirmation and returned it to the Belgrade Higher Court for a new decision.
Third time
According to KRIK, the same indictment has now been annulled three times; 16 people died in the canopy collapse.
Separate proceeding
This concerns the Belgrade indictment, not the Novi Sad proceeding where the appeal court recently confirmed an indictment.
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How sources frame this story
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N1 / KRIK: Appeals Court annuls indictment confirmation for a third time
N1 published a KRIK report: the Belgrade Appeals Court annulled confirmation of the Belgrade Higher Public Prosecutor's indictment and returned it to the Higher Court. The court said it must be checked whether the prosecutor had authority to file it; at the end of February last year, the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office took the case from the Belgrade office and assigned it to the Organized Crime Prosecutor's Office.
Overall takeaway
The Belgrade proceeding over the canopy-collapse indictment remains at the indictment-review stage: the court required a fresh assessment of the filing prosecutor's authority.