Milic Says He Left Before the Senjak Killing
In his statement to prosecutors, Veselin Milic denies guilt and says he left the restaurant about fifteen minutes before the killing, citing his phone location and building cameras.
- In his May 28 statement, Milic denies guilt in the killing of Aleksandar Nesovic.
- He says he left the restaurant about fifteen minutes before 11 p.m.
- His alibi rests on phone location, building cameras and an official note.
- By May 16, seven suspects had presented a defense, not only Milic.
Veselin Milic gave a statement to prosecutors on May 28 and used it to deny guilt in the killing of Aleksandar Nesovic. The contents of his defense became public on May 30, and they centre on a single claim: that the suspect was not at the scene when the crime took place.
Milic says he left restaurant number 27 on Senjak about fifteen minutes before 11 p.m. and reached his own building at 11.15. That timeline places him outside the window in which, according to the investigation, the confrontation and the shooting occurred.
What is Milic’s alibi built on?
The defense leans on three elements meant to confirm where the suspect was that night. The first is his mobile phone location, which he says traces his movement from the restaurant to his flat. The second is the camera footage from the building he entered, and the third is an official note he drafted the day after the event and handed to prosecutors.
I was already in my flat when Nesovic returned to the restaurant.
In his statement, Milic also insists that he had a sound relationship with the victim, an attempt to undercut any motive that might tie him to the crime.
I had a very good relationship with Nesovic.
Why does it matter who is presenting a defense?
The Senjak case now runs through several different statements, not just Milic’s. The Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade had earlier said a single suspect presented a defense, but by May 16 seven suspects had done so.
That difference reshapes the case. Instead of focusing on one man, the investigation now relies on cross-checking the accounts of several people, giving prosecutors room to test where each claim aligns and where it breaks apart.
For the defense, a larger number of statements also means more alibis to reconcile. Phone locations, camera footage and official notes become material that experts and prosecutors must compare against the physical evidence from the scene.
Milic’s alibi now awaits verification. Will the phone location and camera footage confirm that he was really in his flat when Nesovic was killed?
