Sombor: Predrag B. Gets 19.5 Years for Killing Slovenian

The Higher Court in Sombor today, September 18, 2026, handed down a first instance verdict for the murder of Slovenian citizen T. K., which took place in 2019 near Sombor. Predrag B. (38) was sentenced to a combined 19 years and six months in prison, while Kristina K. (47), a member of the Border Police Directorate at the time of the crime, received six years for assisting an offender after the fact.

The verdict is not final, and both the defense and the prosecution have the right to appeal. Time the two defendants have already spent in pretrial detention will count toward their sentences.

How Predrag B.’s Sentence Was Calculated

The court sentenced Predrag B. to 18 years for aggravated murder. For a separate offense, illegal production, possession, carrying and trafficking of weapons and explosive materials, he received an additional two years. Combining the two sentences, the court set his total prison term at 19 years and six months.

What Kristina K. Is Accused Of

According to the indictment, Kristina K. drove her then partner Predrag B. to a prearranged location near Sombor, where he was to collect money from the Slovenian citizen. While she waited in the car, Predrag B., armed with her service pistol, got out and, after an argument with the victim, shot and killed him, the indictment states.

Predrag B. never returned the murder weapon to Kristina K. afterward. The prosecution says he then began threatening her and demanding money in exchange for the pistol. It was not until June 2020 that Kristina K. reported to police that her service weapon had been stolen, concealing the real circumstances of how it had disappeared.

The Body Hidden for Five Years

To stop her former partner’s threats, Kristina K., according to the prosecution, dug up the murdered Slovenian’s body together with Dalibor S. (38) of Sombor and moved it to a new location near Monostorski Road outside Sombor. The remains were found there in late July 2024, five years after the murder.

Kristina K. was arrested on August 1, 2024, on suspicion of having taken part in the murder of the Slovenian citizen together with her then partner Predrag B., who was already serving a prison sentence for another offense at the time.

Third Participant Already Convicted

Dalibor S., who helped move the body, had earlier reached a plea agreement with the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Sombor for assisting an offender after the fact. Under that agreement he was already finally sentenced to two years and nine months in prison, before today’s verdict against his former accomplices.

The case remained unsolved for years precisely because of the false report about the stolen pistol and the relocation of the body: until 2024, investigators had no body, and thus no formal grounds to link the Slovenian citizen’s disappearance to Predrag B. and Kristina K. Only after the remains were found in an orchard near Monostorski Road did the investigation work backward, from the discovery site to the earlier 2020 report of the stolen service weapon.

Today’s verdict marks the first instance conclusion of proceedings that began in August 2024, when Kristina K. was arrested. The case against Predrag B. and Kristina K. now moves to the appeals stage, where any appeal could change the length of the sentences or, less often, the outcome itself. Until the verdict becomes final, both are, by law, considered convicted under the first instance ruling rather than finally guilty in the legal sense, pending the expiration of the appeal period or a ruling by the appellate court.