Senjak: Prosecutors Appeal House Arrest for Three Suspects
Belgrade's Higher Public Prosecutor's Office rejects the October 2 ruling that replaced detention with electronic monitoring for three defendants in the Nesovic case. The pistol is still missing.
On October 2, 2026, the Higher Court ordered house arrest with electronic monitoring for three defendants in the Senjak murder case, but the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade (VJT) disagrees with the decision and has filed an appeal.
The defendants are Mario S., Nenad L. and Dejan S. The ruling came from the criminal pretrial panel of the Higher Court in Belgrade. In a statement, the VJT says it filed the appeal within the legal deadline and that it originally sought detention for the three because of the risk that they would repeat the offense. Nova.rs reported earlier that the three defendants in the case had been moved to house arrest.
Why are prosecutors appealing the house arrest?
According to the appeal, the panel established the facts incorrectly and incompletely and gave unclear and contradictory reasons. It concluded that after almost five months the circumstances behind ordering and extending detention had “lost significance and weight.” Prosecutors answer in their statement:
“In doing so, the court entirely disregarded that all the circumstances that have figured in the proceedings so far remain of identical significance, quality and intensity, and, contrary to the court’s position, are in fact of greater quality, considering the content of the indictment, the evidence, and also the admission by all the defendants that they committed the criminal offenses with which the VJT indictment charges them.”
The VJT also argues that the three could influence the investigation if free, and explains why:
“because they undoubtedly have full knowledge of the incriminated acts and other circumstances under which the (murder) was committed, that is, how it was concealed, and probably also have information on where the mentioned pistol is located”
Prosecutors say the weapon has still not been found. It is most likely a Crvena Zastava 9mm 999 pistol.
What is known about the Nesovic case?
Aleksandar Nesovic, known as Baja, was killed on May 12 at restaurant 27 on Senjak. His body was found in a barrel buried near Jarkovacko Lake, not far from Indjija. Sasa V., whom prosecutors consider the direct perpetrator, has been in detention since May 14.
Under the indictment of July 10, he is charged with aggravated murder in conjunction with illegal possession of a weapon. Mario S., Nenad L., Petar U., Vuk S. and Dejan S. are each charged in the same indictment with one count of aiding a perpetrator after the fact.
Former Belgrade police chief Veselin Milic is also part of the case. His trial is scheduled for November 9, and Ivica Dacic, the interior minister in the caretaker government, said recently that Milic is still deputy director of the police and that his employment status cannot change until the criminal proceedings are over.
