AN INNOCENT MAN SPENT 6 YEARS BEHIND BARS UNDER THE CHARGE OF BEHEADING A MAN: Here's how much compensation he's seeking from the State!

The defense team of Milan Rasic (31), who was recently acquitted of the murder of Smail Taric from Mali Zvornik in 2008, filed for compensation. Rasic claims a total of 50.9 million dinars, for his wrongful detention of six years and seven months.

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Rasic's defense counsel, Zora Dobričanin Nikodinović told Tanjug that the claim for damages for unlawful deprivation of liberty of Milan Rakic ​was ​submitted to the Ministry of Justice.

If within three months there is no agreement with the Ministry of Justice, a claim for damages against the Republic of Serbia will be submitted to the court.

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Due to many years of arbitrary detention and custody, on behalf of non-material damages, Rasic is seeking a payment of 20,000 dinars per day, or a total of 48.16 million dinars, and in the name of material damages, 2,753,500 dinars, said Dobričanin Nikodinović.

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After two first-instance trial verdicts of the Appellate Court, in June, Rasic's sentence of 18 years in prison was acquitted for lack of evidence that he committed the crime. He was released in March to defend himself while at liberty, after six years and seven months behind bars.

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The first accused in this case, Velibor Bakic was sentenced to a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison for the murder of Taric. Bakic submitted an extraordinary remedy to the High Court in Belgrade - a request for a repetited procedure for the hearing of witnesses who were not heard during the trial, and who could talk about his alibi.

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This case once caused great public attention due to the fact that the beheaded Taric was found in a black plastic bag on August 22, 2008 at the Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra Street in Belgrade, after an anonymous tip was sent to Belgrade media. The following day, the police found Taric's burned body in the bushes of the lower part of the Karadjordjoev park in Belgrade.

The judgment of the Appellate Court sentenced Bakic to the maximum penalty for murder, while the first-instance verdict sentenced him to 20 years in prison for aggravated murder.

In the first instance verdict, Bakic was convicted of aggravated murder - 35 years in prison, and Rasic to 30, but the verdict was overturned due to a number of inconsistencies and the trial was repeated.

Bakic and Rasic were arrested in late August 2008, and were released from prison in March this year.

(Telegraf.co.uk/Tanjug)