Petar Jevtic Identified by Tattoo in Vracarci Gang Trial

Judge Svetlana Aleksic, presiding judge of the panel in the case against members of the so-called Vracarci clan, identified defendant Petar Jevtic on September 9 at the Special Court in Belgrade by a spider web tattoo on his arm. She compared it to a photo from Sky messaging correspondence that the prosecution is presenting as evidence in the case, which covers three murders and six attempted murders.

Tattoo as proof of identity

Photos were presented at the hearing that, according to the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime, the defendants exchanged through the Sky application. One shows a shirtless man with a spider web tattoo around his elbow and a spider on his forearm. When Jevtic stepped up to the podium wearing a short sleeved shirt, the judge stated that the tattoos matched.

I am noting for the record that this is you, the tattoo is identical, the person also has a shaved head like you, I am noting that this is you in the photo from Sky.

Judge Aleksic also noted that the face is clearly visible in the disputed photo.

The face is clearly visible.

Jevtic refused to comment on the photo or on whether he has a scar near his navel, which the judge also entered into the record.

Indictment: following the lawyer and a shooting at Bezanijska Kosa

According to the indictment, Jevtic is accused of attempting to kill Belgrade lawyer Arsenije Stefanovic on February 1, 2021, at Bezanijska Kosa. The prosecution claims that members of the group, led by Nikola Vusovic, known as Dzoni from Vracar, and fugitive Kavac clan leader Radoje Zvicer, tracked the lawyer for days and gathered information about his movements. Per the indictment, Jevtic approached the lawyer while he was sitting in his car in a parking lot and fired several shots, though the lawyer was not seriously wounded. N1 reports that a total of 45 people are charged in this case.

Kurir and N1 disagree on the course of Jevtic’s arrest. Kurir reports that Jevtic was arrested in Greece last year and extradited to Serbia, while N1 writes that he was tried in absentia until April of this year, when he was finally extradited.

What the Sky messages show

The prosecution is also presenting as evidence correspondence from the Sky application, in which Jevtic, according to the indictment, describes to associates what happened that day.

He sat in the car for a long time, I walked up and fired several rounds at him.

In an earlier message from the same day, Jevtic asks an associate for a ride because he had to report to a police station.

You’ll have to drive me to the police station today.

Jevtic denies guilt

The defendant has told the court that he never used Sky or any similar application and does not know any of his co-defendants. At an earlier hearing on May 27, when asked by the presiding judge, he said he had nothing to state except that he denies everything.

I can only tell you some nonsense. With all due respect to you and to this honorable court, this is a truly unrealistic story.

I used a normal phone, the kind every person has in the 21st century, but I never used what you call Sky, that network, or any other application.

The case is being heard before the Special Department for Organized Crime of the Belgrade Higher Court, also known as the Special Court. Until a final verdict, Jevtic is presumed innocent and is only alleged to have committed the crime he is charged with, and guilt is not established in this article.

Srpske novine has previously covered the trial of Veljko Belivuk and Marko Miljkovic, another organized crime case in which the last witnesses were recently heard.