Children of Evil (2023) s01e02 Episode Script
Episode 2
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Dear relatives and friends, now you
will hear a message from his son,
who unfortunately could not
be with us today.
Dear dad, I never thought that
I would address you in this way.
You kept telling me that a man
must fight for what he believes in,
and if this is the beginning of our fight,
I promise you that I will win.
We've gone through many difficult
moments, now I will continue alone,
but twice as strong and confident,
as I have nothing left to lose.
I lost everything, except a desire
for justice, I promise I'll get it,
even if I do it completely alone.
Eternal glory and gratitude to you.
Your son Dragan.
Thank you.
THE CHILDREN OF EVIL
We will have to play bunker.
What is it?
The bunker means that,
since we don't have any evidence,
we will have to demolish theirs.
It's good that you've never
been convicted before,
but the evidence they have can
send you to life imprisonment.
You don't have an alibi, nobody can
confirm that you were at home, right?
They have a sneaker print
plus Mira Kovac as a witness.
So, I'm busted.
No, you're not busted.
You are not busted,
we can work on everything.
Secondly, they have no motive.
It's great that there is the footage
from the rally,
because we will mention that you were
injured protecting Radovan Kovac,
who helped you a lot in life, gave
you a job, a good salary, you know.
They need to see that you are modest,
that you are an athlete.
Secondly, we will use that attack on
the rally and the upcoming elections
to claim that the murder
has been politically motived,
because why would you want to kill him.
And so on, we will get to all that.
Do you have any family?
Any relatives?
A girlfriend?
You have no one?
That's great.
That's great.
Sad stories generally
fare better in court.
Do you have a suit?
No.
We'll have to find something, you
can't go to court dressed like that.
What does it matter how I'm dressed?
It does matter, court trial is a show.
A performance, you understand.
How was Zvonko's funeral?
I don't know.
He says he can't.
Oh, here she is.
Good evening.
Ana Basta, my deputy and
prosecutor in the case.
Bright future awaits her.
Ana, Minister Milutinovic.
- Stevan.
- Nice to meet you.
Please, sit down.
Ana, thank you for coming so quickly
and I apologize for calling you at
this late hour,
it's my fault,
I'm always running somewhere,
and I can only imagine how it is for you.
You are now in a race against
time, this is a big case.
Trust me, we can recognize
when someone does their job well.
Gordana really praised you.
Ana, we need a quick verdict.
Elections are approaching.
People should vote
in a peaceful atmosphere.
- That's really fast then.
- Yes, it is.
But don't worry Ana, you'll be provided
with government's full support,
and there is also judge Busatlija.
- Ana, I think it is feasible.
- Only problem could be his lawyer.
Bobic? Ana is well acquainted with
her colleague Bobic, isn't that so?
I think that maybe it is possible
to establish a dialogue with him?
You should only talk as
a colleague with Bobic,
after all, we are all on
the same side. Right?
What do you have in mind
by talking to him?
Well, you see
I meant nothing outside of the law.
He just needs to understand
the situation we are in,
without dragging out the case and
submitting senseless complaints.
Fuck you!
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Fuck.
Hello, Bojana,
Nikola Bobic speaking.
Well, I see. I know, this is cell phone,
it's on the screen.
- Did you call me?
- Yes, I did.
Would you like to have a beer?
I've already made plans.
- I'm not trying to seduce you.
- Excuse me?
I don't want to have anything with you,
but I need you, I need a lawyer.
I mean, I don't need it,
but someone who is mine needs it.
And then I thought if you could.
Well, I'm not going to explain
this to you over the phone.
- Well, I can.
- Right away?
No, no, not now.
Some other time.
Oh, fine.
Why you got so confused?
- No, I wasn't confused.
- Okay, see you then.
- See you.
- Fine, bye, love you.
If that man had not killed himself,
would you have taken the case?
No.
Why did you take it right
after that event?
I took the case because
that guy needs help.
He has no one, his father abandoned him.
You think he killed himself
because you rejected him?
No, he killed himself
because he was weak.
So, are you talking about your
father or the father of your client?
Are those two things related, for you?
Your father also killed himself.
Well, he also killed himself
because he was weak.
Okay,
- Ana is the prosecutor on the case?
- Yes.
- How do you feel about that?
- Fine.
I'm fine. I mean I will defend
my client as best I can,
I just hope that Ana will
be able to understand it.
That she will be able?
To understand what exactly?
That there is nothing personal in it
and that our history won't affect our
professional relationship in any way,
as far as I'm concerned.
- How do you sleep Nikola?
- Normally.
- Medicines help?
- Yes.
Zoloft and Ksalol.
- The same as always?
- Yes.
Here you are.
460 dinars.
8Here it is.
Here you go.
- Thank you, bye.
- Bye.
They ask me these days,
how is it possible that the evidence
was found so quickly
and that the suspect has
already been taken into custody?
Well, it is possible,
of course it is possible.
We have strong institutions.
At the moment, the prosecution
carries the biggest burden.
Ciao.
It was in one of the boxes,
you probably accidentally forgot it.
Thanks, you really didn't
need to bother with it.
I just wanted us to be ok,
because of work and everything.
To be okay because of work?
Well, you defend Pazin, and I sue Pazin.
So what does it matter?
I just don't want our
relationship to affect that.
Why would our relationship
affect the court trial?
It is my first big case,
and I am a little bit frightened.
I mean, the evidence is clear,
everything is very clean.
I just wouldn't like to drag
out the whole process.
Wait, why are you even mentioning
the case, Ana, I don't understand?
I want to strike a deal.
Let's come to an agreement,
so I don't drag out the case,
shall we come to that agreement?
Hello Nikola, I'm in the boutique.
Well, there is a more expensive
and a cheaper option.
Prices range from 10,000 dinars, onwards.
Which one should I take?
Get cheaper and don't buy black, but gray.
- Okay.
- You can bring him cigarettes, too.
- Agreed, no problem.
- Fine.
- I'll take this one.
- Size?
Well, for someone like me,
just maybe a little bigger.
It looks great on you,
your friend will surely be satisfied.
Johny boy, I have white
horse on stash, brother.
- Get inside.
- If you are interested.
Get inside, get in.
What's with you?
How many times have I told you not to
talk to me in that way on the street?
How many times?
What's wrong with you, man,
there was no one there.
- Denis!
- I just thought if you wanted to.
No, I don't want that.
Understand?
Okay, why are you angry,
why are you angry?
Can I ask you something else?
Go ahead.
Why I always get you a single pack?
I mean, why don't I finish everything
at once, it's easier
I mean, if it's all about money,
I mean, I know it's not about money
I mean, it's not a problem for me at all,
but I'm asking you from a sociological,
psychological point of view.
What is it, you can't control yourself?
- Oh, my suffering brother
- Here, this is for you.
I don't need this, brother
Traces on sneakers,
evidence and witnesses
that the prosecution intends to call
will certainly be
sufficent to convict the accused.
Honorable court, judge,
respected members of the panel,
on April 13, at 19:00,
a member of parliament, democrat,
and above all great patriot and respected
citizen, Radovan Kovac,
was killed brutally.
Hi!
There he is.
Dragan Pazin and the rest in this case.
Let's go.
Honorable court, judge,
respected members of the panel,
on April 13, around 8:00 p.m.,
a member of parliament, a democrat,
and above all a great patriot and
respectable citizen, Radovan Kovac,
was killed in a brutal way.
Based on Article 114, Item 1
of the Criminal Code,
the accused Dragan Pazin is charged
with execution of this brutal murder.
This qualification was chosen
because the prosecution established
that the murdered Radovan Kovac
suffered excessive pain at death hour
due to numerous blows inflicted with
large metal blade, most likely an axe,
concluding that the perpetrator
wanted to inflict excessive pain
on the victim before the final hour.
This criminal act presents one
of the most serious crimes
known to the Serbian criminal legislation,
for which, honorable judge,
prosection will
demand the harshest punishment
for the accused, life imprisonment.
Traces on sneakers, evidence and
witnesses that the prosecution
intends to call will certainly be
sufficient to convict the accused.
Thank you.
The accused, please stand up.
You heard the indictment
of the public prosecutor?
Yes.
Then please tell us if you understood it
and how you plead regarding
the prosecutor's allegations?
Honorable judge, I understood
the indictment, I plead not guilty.
I have nothing to do
with this criminal act
and I appeal to you to set me free.
Honorable Nikola Bobic.
Mr. Pazin, first of all, I would
like to ask you a few questions,
for the court to gain insight
into your life circumstances.
After the recent tragic death of your
father, you're practically left alone.
That's right.
How long have you worked for
Radovan Kovac?
- For a year.
- How did the two of you meet?
I worked as a security guard
at the entrance of one club,
Radovan offered me
a chance for a better job,
and then I started working
for him as his private security.
He practically took me off the street.
How dedicated you were to your
work is also proven by the video,
which I would like everyone to watch,
please let the council tell tech
department to play the video.
In your opinion, was Radovan Kovac's
life in danger on this occasion?
Yes.
Did you risk your own safety
to protect him?
Yes.
So, if you wanted to harm
Radovan Kovac,
you could have simply let
the attackers lynch him, right?
Yes.
- But you haven't done so?
- No.
As the crucial evidence against you,
the prosecutor's office presents sneakers
with traces of Radovan
Kovac's blood and DNA findings.
The sneakers were allegedly
found in your apartment, right?
That's right.
Print of the same shoe
sole was allegedly found
in the yard of the deceased's house.
Can you explain to the jury,
are we talking about the shoes
that belong to you
and how did they end up as evidence?
Yes, I can. First of all, those
sneakers are not mine,
I think they were brought by
Inspector Aleksa Drobnjak.
Please!
What was it like?
I was alone in my apartment
when they broke in.
One of the policemen knocked
me down, put a boot on my face,
Drobnjak then entered the room,
put those sneakers
and some other things in a bag,
and then they took me away,
and that was it.
Excuse me, please,
I was startled with their intrusion.
I'm still somehow trying to put
the events together in my head.
I would like to ask you to explain to us
why you refused to sign the certificate
about the confiscated items?
I didn't want to confirm with my signature
that those sneakers
were found at my place,
because as I said a little while ago,
that was not the case.
Thank you.
Honorable president of the council,
I have no further questions.
Thank you, respectable Ana Basta.
Dragan, did you request that the alleged
irregularities that you pointed out
when it comes to police work
be entered into the record of
the search of the apartment?
- No.
- Why not?
If what you are saying is true.
- I don't know.
- You don't know whether it's true?
No, I know it's true, it's just.
I don't know.
I was afraid and I've never
been in such situation before.
Well, you get rather easily
intimidated for someone
who worked at the entrance
of a night club.
Those are quite different situations.
You were sober enough not to sign
the certificate of confiscated items.
That's right.
Yet, you weren't sober enough to point out
the search of the apartment wasn't
carried out according to the rules.
- Yes.
- Were you alone in the apartment?
Please, respond verbally.
Yes, I was alone in the apartment.
- Have you made any phone calls?
- No.
Can anyone, except you, confirm
that you were at home on April 13,
in the afternoon and evening hours?
No.
Please, can we have your statement?
- I'll go, see you in the office.
- Fine.
You fucking brought me to
the police hangout, cool.
- It's my uncle'splace.
- He's a cop, huh?
Well, not anymore.
He repented.
He used to work as inspector in the
Third Court, but his heart failed him.
Then, he turned to his second great love.
- Pub?
- Booze.
Draft beer and as usual for me.
Thank you.
- Your usual drink is mineral water?
- Don't forget lemon, please.
Well, only former alcohol
addicts drink that stuff.
God, you know everything, come on.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
I don't know everything, but I do know
Mira Kovac was preparing set-up.
She promised my colleague photos
of Kovac with some hookers.
The woman wanted to sell the story.
This is the correspondence.
It's all off the record.
I mean, I know that you are busy
with Kovac's case
and that you don't have much time, but I
need your help, that's why I called you.
My brother is in prison and he
desperately needs a good lawyer.
Why is he in jail?
What a jerk,
he agreed with two friends that they
were going to rob some old woman.
He was driving, he was in front of
the building, waiting for them
they went upstairs and something happened
and the woman passed away.
And he was accused as
an accomplice, you get it?
- Yes, what's your brother's name?
- Branko.
- Branko?
- Branko Novakovic. Sorry.
Novakovic. Okay.
Ok and thank you for this.
This is really good.
Cool.
I almost forgot, I've heard that
you and Ana Basta are a couple?
I mean, if I heard, my colleagues
will hear and make a story out of it.
Yes, but Ana Basta and
I are no longer a couple,
and we haven't been
together for some time, so
Well, relax, you don't have to
justify yourself to me, I mean
I'm not making excuses.
I'm not really making excuses
if you want to check if I'm alone,
visit me sometime, at this address.
Mrs. Kovac, you are aware of
the seriousness of the situation
and the consequences that
this trial might cause.
So we have to go through
everything that happened,
through every detail
and every little thing.
I saw Pazin running out of the house.
He ran through the whole yard.
- Was he alone?
- Yes.
What else?
Nothing.
If there is anything important,
please tell me now,
so that the defense does not
get it out of us at the trial.
And what can they possibly get out?
Everyone knows everything about us,
we are honest people, we helped everyone.
And what was your relationship
with Kovac like?
We were about to end our marriage,
consensual divorce, no scandal there.
That is something that the defense
will surely ask you.
You see, Mira, the defense
lawyer is very experienced,
when this cross-examination starts,
he will not hesitate to ask you you
the most intimate details of your life,
in order to discredit you
as a witness in any way.
So we have to be very careful.
Because in addition to
the material evidence we have,
you are our strongest trump
card as a witness.
Is there anything else
I should know?
No.
- Are you sure?
- Yes.
- How's the witness?
- A little bit nervous.
Fine, it's normal.
Are you okay?
- Yes, yes, I'm fine.
- Bravo.
- Have you talked to Nikola?
- Yes, he said everything will be fine.
- That's what he said?
- Yes.
- Bravo.
- Gordana, come on, let's go.
Thank you.
I have no further questions.
Thank you.
The defence has a say.
Mrs. Kovac, do you know if
Radovan was seeing someone?
I don't understand the question?
So was he in a relationship with
a woman or a man, perhaps?
I don't know.
As far as I know, you were in
the process of getting a divorce
and you haven't been together for a while.
That's right.
- You moved out.
- Yes.
- He stayed in the house?
- That's right.
Why did you come to visit him on April 13?
We should make a deal
on joint bank accounts.
We were in the middle of divorce,
but we had a very good relationship.
Tell us exactly what happened
when you got to the house.
I unlocked the gate and entered the yard
Excuse me, I'm sorry
You come to the house
of the man you're divorcing,
in a house you haven't
lived in for a while,
yet you unlock the door and
enter without ringing the bell?
This is my house as well.
Okay, go ahead.
So I entered the yard,
everything seems normal,
and then suddenly
I hear something banging,
I turn around and see Dragan Pazin
running and jumping over the fence.
All right,
so you noticed a person running and
jumping over the fence in the back yard
after you made a few steps along the path?
- Is that right?
- That's right.
Fine. To be exact, I'm asking the
council to release photo number one.
This is a sketch of the terrain created
on the basis of a geodetic survey,
and it shows your position and the person
running away, do you agree?
Yes.
What was the distance between
you and the person running away?
Somewhere between 10 and 15 meters.
Yes, it is difficult to estimate
the distance in an open space,
however according to the
dimensions of the yard we have,
we find out that the distance
between those two places is not 15,
but exactly 45 meters.
- 45?
- That's right.
It seemed to me that it was closer.
Did it seem to you it was day or
twilight or the sun had already set?
It wasn't quite dark.
According to official information
we obtained, on April 13, 2021,
the sun set exactly at 19 hours
and 42 minutes,
so when you came to
the yard it was already dark.
Well, Your Honor, I'm really doing
my best to remember and help.
Please, of course, it goes without saying,
only the charges against
this guy here are serious.
It would not be good if you accused
him without being sure what you saw.
- Do you have diopter?
- Yes.
Measurement?
3.00 diopter of nearsightedness,
on both eyes.
Do you wear glasses or contact lenses?
Yes, mostly lenses.
Were you wearing lenses that evening
when you say you saw Dragan?
- Yes.
- Do you wear them now?
Yes.
Please, just tell me, what color
is the tie on the security officer
standing at the bottom of the hall?
Navy blue.
Please put it on the record that
the official does not wear a tie.
Thank you,
I have no more questions.
I only have Drobnjak left.
Do you have something on him?
Diana told me that you brought some girl?
- What girl, Bell?
- Cut the crap, who's the chick?
- Drobnjak?
- Who's the chick?
- Drobnjak, Bell.
- What a freak you are, fuck you.
How many times have I told
you to stay away from politics,
you will get involved in
some shit, you'll get dirty.
But that's you,
Belgrade lawyers.
Bragging
Did you see how I fucked that guy?
Bro, you're fucking him,
but you got a tripper.
- Drobnjak, Bell, Drobnjak.
- Drobnjak.
Drobnjak has a heavy hand.
Well, that's not unusual for a cop.
Yes, but a few years ago,
he almost killed a suspect,
he beat him so much,
they barely got the guy out alive.
He was reprimanded, but in the end,
everything was covered up.
Which means that Drobnjak
is a fucked up cop and that
you should beware of him.
Who's the chick?
Her name is Bojana.
Bojana
Bojana!
Have you told her you have a small dick?
Yes, just like my uncle.
That was the first thing I've told her.
That's my boy!
Now she'll want to see it.
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Inspector Drobnjak, can you tell us,
when it comes to the execution,
did you notice anything characteristic
that would point to a possible
perpetrator?
It was immediately apparent that
security systems were turned off.
The cameras in the yard
and in the house did not work.
I believe that this could
only have been done by someone
who had access access to the devices
AND who knew all access codes.
Those data matched the information
we received from Mrs. Kovac,
and we later confirmed that information
with evidence found in
the defendant's apartment.
And can you describe to us how the
defendant behaved in your presence?
Did he cooperate or resist?
Did he tell you anything?
President of the panel, I am sure that the
prosecutor made a slip of the tongue,
asking the inspector to convey to us what
the defendant told him during the search,
certainly that would not be allowed.
All right, Inspector, please continue,
but ignore the question
pertaining to the defendant's words.
He was very upset when we showed up.
While the officers overpowered him,
we found black sneakers in the hall.
Yes, but the defendant claims that those
sneakers were brought there
and that you physically
harassed him during search.
The defendant can defend
himself as he pleases,
but I think it would be wrong if he
slandered me and my colleagues.
Why would a police officer have
a motive to plant evidence?
Thank you, I have no further questions.
Thank you.
Respectable Nikola Bobic.
Inspector, have you obtained
search warrant?
No.
The search was carried out
in accordance with the law
on situation in which the arrest of the
perpetrator of the crime is planned.
I assume that this means
that no witnesses were present during
the search,
which the law otherwise provides?
When search is carried out without a
warrant, witnesses are not required.
Of course.
In such situation, your claims can
only be confirmed by your colleagues.
President of the panel, please!
Defense attorney, I don't think we
need an answer to that question.
When was the shoe print discovered
on the ground in the yard?
In the early morning hours,
as soon as it dawned.
We immediately made a mold and
found that print from the sneaker
matched the print found on the ground.
Well, according to what was stated
in the inspection report,
a ducat was found in the hand
of the late Radovan Kovac.
- Can you confirm that?
- Yes, I can.
During the investigation, it's one of the
shortest investigations I'm familiar with,
did you manage to guess
what that object represents?
No, not yet.
Have you established a motive
that my client might have for
committing that crime?
Especially considering that he saved
his life just before the murder.
No, we haven't yet been able
to bring found object
in connection with the defendant.
One more question.
How can we believe that you did not use
force on the defendant,
when we know that a disciplinary
procedure was conducted against you,
precisely because
of your aggressive behavior?
President of the panel, this really
has nothing to do with the case.
Bobic, please.
Thank you, mister inspector.
Bye, see you.
What are we going to do now?
Based on the novel of Miodrag Majic
"The Children of Evil"
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Dear relatives and friends, now you
will hear a message from his son,
who unfortunately could not
be with us today.
Dear dad, I never thought that
I would address you in this way.
You kept telling me that a man
must fight for what he believes in,
and if this is the beginning of our fight,
I promise you that I will win.
We've gone through many difficult
moments, now I will continue alone,
but twice as strong and confident,
as I have nothing left to lose.
I lost everything, except a desire
for justice, I promise I'll get it,
even if I do it completely alone.
Eternal glory and gratitude to you.
Your son Dragan.
Thank you.
THE CHILDREN OF EVIL
We will have to play bunker.
What is it?
The bunker means that,
since we don't have any evidence,
we will have to demolish theirs.
It's good that you've never
been convicted before,
but the evidence they have can
send you to life imprisonment.
You don't have an alibi, nobody can
confirm that you were at home, right?
They have a sneaker print
plus Mira Kovac as a witness.
So, I'm busted.
No, you're not busted.
You are not busted,
we can work on everything.
Secondly, they have no motive.
It's great that there is the footage
from the rally,
because we will mention that you were
injured protecting Radovan Kovac,
who helped you a lot in life, gave
you a job, a good salary, you know.
They need to see that you are modest,
that you are an athlete.
Secondly, we will use that attack on
the rally and the upcoming elections
to claim that the murder
has been politically motived,
because why would you want to kill him.
And so on, we will get to all that.
Do you have any family?
Any relatives?
A girlfriend?
You have no one?
That's great.
That's great.
Sad stories generally
fare better in court.
Do you have a suit?
No.
We'll have to find something, you
can't go to court dressed like that.
What does it matter how I'm dressed?
It does matter, court trial is a show.
A performance, you understand.
How was Zvonko's funeral?
I don't know.
He says he can't.
Oh, here she is.
Good evening.
Ana Basta, my deputy and
prosecutor in the case.
Bright future awaits her.
Ana, Minister Milutinovic.
- Stevan.
- Nice to meet you.
Please, sit down.
Ana, thank you for coming so quickly
and I apologize for calling you at
this late hour,
it's my fault,
I'm always running somewhere,
and I can only imagine how it is for you.
You are now in a race against
time, this is a big case.
Trust me, we can recognize
when someone does their job well.
Gordana really praised you.
Ana, we need a quick verdict.
Elections are approaching.
People should vote
in a peaceful atmosphere.
- That's really fast then.
- Yes, it is.
But don't worry Ana, you'll be provided
with government's full support,
and there is also judge Busatlija.
- Ana, I think it is feasible.
- Only problem could be his lawyer.
Bobic? Ana is well acquainted with
her colleague Bobic, isn't that so?
I think that maybe it is possible
to establish a dialogue with him?
You should only talk as
a colleague with Bobic,
after all, we are all on
the same side. Right?
What do you have in mind
by talking to him?
Well, you see
I meant nothing outside of the law.
He just needs to understand
the situation we are in,
without dragging out the case and
submitting senseless complaints.
Fuck you!
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Hello, Bojana,
Nikola Bobic speaking.
Well, I see. I know, this is cell phone,
it's on the screen.
- Did you call me?
- Yes, I did.
Would you like to have a beer?
I've already made plans.
- I'm not trying to seduce you.
- Excuse me?
I don't want to have anything with you,
but I need you, I need a lawyer.
I mean, I don't need it,
but someone who is mine needs it.
And then I thought if you could.
Well, I'm not going to explain
this to you over the phone.
- Well, I can.
- Right away?
No, no, not now.
Some other time.
Oh, fine.
Why you got so confused?
- No, I wasn't confused.
- Okay, see you then.
- See you.
- Fine, bye, love you.
If that man had not killed himself,
would you have taken the case?
No.
Why did you take it right
after that event?
I took the case because
that guy needs help.
He has no one, his father abandoned him.
You think he killed himself
because you rejected him?
No, he killed himself
because he was weak.
So, are you talking about your
father or the father of your client?
Are those two things related, for you?
Your father also killed himself.
Well, he also killed himself
because he was weak.
Okay,
- Ana is the prosecutor on the case?
- Yes.
- How do you feel about that?
- Fine.
I'm fine. I mean I will defend
my client as best I can,
I just hope that Ana will
be able to understand it.
That she will be able?
To understand what exactly?
That there is nothing personal in it
and that our history won't affect our
professional relationship in any way,
as far as I'm concerned.
- How do you sleep Nikola?
- Normally.
- Medicines help?
- Yes.
Zoloft and Ksalol.
- The same as always?
- Yes.
Here you are.
460 dinars.
8Here it is.
Here you go.
- Thank you, bye.
- Bye.
They ask me these days,
how is it possible that the evidence
was found so quickly
and that the suspect has
already been taken into custody?
Well, it is possible,
of course it is possible.
We have strong institutions.
At the moment, the prosecution
carries the biggest burden.
Ciao.
It was in one of the boxes,
you probably accidentally forgot it.
Thanks, you really didn't
need to bother with it.
I just wanted us to be ok,
because of work and everything.
To be okay because of work?
Well, you defend Pazin, and I sue Pazin.
So what does it matter?
I just don't want our
relationship to affect that.
Why would our relationship
affect the court trial?
It is my first big case,
and I am a little bit frightened.
I mean, the evidence is clear,
everything is very clean.
I just wouldn't like to drag
out the whole process.
Wait, why are you even mentioning
the case, Ana, I don't understand?
I want to strike a deal.
Let's come to an agreement,
so I don't drag out the case,
shall we come to that agreement?
Hello Nikola, I'm in the boutique.
Well, there is a more expensive
and a cheaper option.
Prices range from 10,000 dinars, onwards.
Which one should I take?
Get cheaper and don't buy black, but gray.
- Okay.
- You can bring him cigarettes, too.
- Agreed, no problem.
- Fine.
- I'll take this one.
- Size?
Well, for someone like me,
just maybe a little bigger.
It looks great on you,
your friend will surely be satisfied.
Johny boy, I have white
horse on stash, brother.
- Get inside.
- If you are interested.
Get inside, get in.
What's with you?
How many times have I told you not to
talk to me in that way on the street?
How many times?
What's wrong with you, man,
there was no one there.
- Denis!
- I just thought if you wanted to.
No, I don't want that.
Understand?
Okay, why are you angry,
why are you angry?
Can I ask you something else?
Go ahead.
Why I always get you a single pack?
I mean, why don't I finish everything
at once, it's easier
I mean, if it's all about money,
I mean, I know it's not about money
I mean, it's not a problem for me at all,
but I'm asking you from a sociological,
psychological point of view.
What is it, you can't control yourself?
- Oh, my suffering brother
- Here, this is for you.
I don't need this, brother
Traces on sneakers,
evidence and witnesses
that the prosecution intends to call
will certainly be
sufficent to convict the accused.
Honorable court, judge,
respected members of the panel,
on April 13, at 19:00,
a member of parliament, democrat,
and above all great patriot and respected
citizen, Radovan Kovac,
was killed brutally.
Hi!
There he is.
Dragan Pazin and the rest in this case.
Let's go.
Honorable court, judge,
respected members of the panel,
on April 13, around 8:00 p.m.,
a member of parliament, a democrat,
and above all a great patriot and
respectable citizen, Radovan Kovac,
was killed in a brutal way.
Based on Article 114, Item 1
of the Criminal Code,
the accused Dragan Pazin is charged
with execution of this brutal murder.
This qualification was chosen
because the prosecution established
that the murdered Radovan Kovac
suffered excessive pain at death hour
due to numerous blows inflicted with
large metal blade, most likely an axe,
concluding that the perpetrator
wanted to inflict excessive pain
on the victim before the final hour.
This criminal act presents one
of the most serious crimes
known to the Serbian criminal legislation,
for which, honorable judge,
prosection will
demand the harshest punishment
for the accused, life imprisonment.
Traces on sneakers, evidence and
witnesses that the prosecution
intends to call will certainly be
sufficient to convict the accused.
Thank you.
The accused, please stand up.
You heard the indictment
of the public prosecutor?
Yes.
Then please tell us if you understood it
and how you plead regarding
the prosecutor's allegations?
Honorable judge, I understood
the indictment, I plead not guilty.
I have nothing to do
with this criminal act
and I appeal to you to set me free.
Honorable Nikola Bobic.
Mr. Pazin, first of all, I would
like to ask you a few questions,
for the court to gain insight
into your life circumstances.
After the recent tragic death of your
father, you're practically left alone.
That's right.
How long have you worked for
Radovan Kovac?
- For a year.
- How did the two of you meet?
I worked as a security guard
at the entrance of one club,
Radovan offered me
a chance for a better job,
and then I started working
for him as his private security.
He practically took me off the street.
How dedicated you were to your
work is also proven by the video,
which I would like everyone to watch,
please let the council tell tech
department to play the video.
In your opinion, was Radovan Kovac's
life in danger on this occasion?
Yes.
Did you risk your own safety
to protect him?
Yes.
So, if you wanted to harm
Radovan Kovac,
you could have simply let
the attackers lynch him, right?
Yes.
- But you haven't done so?
- No.
As the crucial evidence against you,
the prosecutor's office presents sneakers
with traces of Radovan
Kovac's blood and DNA findings.
The sneakers were allegedly
found in your apartment, right?
That's right.
Print of the same shoe
sole was allegedly found
in the yard of the deceased's house.
Can you explain to the jury,
are we talking about the shoes
that belong to you
and how did they end up as evidence?
Yes, I can. First of all, those
sneakers are not mine,
I think they were brought by
Inspector Aleksa Drobnjak.
Please!
What was it like?
I was alone in my apartment
when they broke in.
One of the policemen knocked
me down, put a boot on my face,
Drobnjak then entered the room,
put those sneakers
and some other things in a bag,
and then they took me away,
and that was it.
Excuse me, please,
I was startled with their intrusion.
I'm still somehow trying to put
the events together in my head.
I would like to ask you to explain to us
why you refused to sign the certificate
about the confiscated items?
I didn't want to confirm with my signature
that those sneakers
were found at my place,
because as I said a little while ago,
that was not the case.
Thank you.
Honorable president of the council,
I have no further questions.
Thank you, respectable Ana Basta.
Dragan, did you request that the alleged
irregularities that you pointed out
when it comes to police work
be entered into the record of
the search of the apartment?
- No.
- Why not?
If what you are saying is true.
- I don't know.
- You don't know whether it's true?
No, I know it's true, it's just.
I don't know.
I was afraid and I've never
been in such situation before.
Well, you get rather easily
intimidated for someone
who worked at the entrance
of a night club.
Those are quite different situations.
You were sober enough not to sign
the certificate of confiscated items.
That's right.
Yet, you weren't sober enough to point out
the search of the apartment wasn't
carried out according to the rules.
- Yes.
- Were you alone in the apartment?
Please, respond verbally.
Yes, I was alone in the apartment.
- Have you made any phone calls?
- No.
Can anyone, except you, confirm
that you were at home on April 13,
in the afternoon and evening hours?
No.
Please, can we have your statement?
- I'll go, see you in the office.
- Fine.
You fucking brought me to
the police hangout, cool.
- It's my uncle'splace.
- He's a cop, huh?
Well, not anymore.
He repented.
He used to work as inspector in the
Third Court, but his heart failed him.
Then, he turned to his second great love.
- Pub?
- Booze.
Draft beer and as usual for me.
Thank you.
- Your usual drink is mineral water?
- Don't forget lemon, please.
Well, only former alcohol
addicts drink that stuff.
God, you know everything, come on.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
I don't know everything, but I do know
Mira Kovac was preparing set-up.
She promised my colleague photos
of Kovac with some hookers.
The woman wanted to sell the story.
This is the correspondence.
It's all off the record.
I mean, I know that you are busy
with Kovac's case
and that you don't have much time, but I
need your help, that's why I called you.
My brother is in prison and he
desperately needs a good lawyer.
Why is he in jail?
What a jerk,
he agreed with two friends that they
were going to rob some old woman.
He was driving, he was in front of
the building, waiting for them
they went upstairs and something happened
and the woman passed away.
And he was accused as
an accomplice, you get it?
- Yes, what's your brother's name?
- Branko.
- Branko?
- Branko Novakovic. Sorry.
Novakovic. Okay.
Ok and thank you for this.
This is really good.
Cool.
I almost forgot, I've heard that
you and Ana Basta are a couple?
I mean, if I heard, my colleagues
will hear and make a story out of it.
Yes, but Ana Basta and
I are no longer a couple,
and we haven't been
together for some time, so
Well, relax, you don't have to
justify yourself to me, I mean
I'm not making excuses.
I'm not really making excuses
if you want to check if I'm alone,
visit me sometime, at this address.
Mrs. Kovac, you are aware of
the seriousness of the situation
and the consequences that
this trial might cause.
So we have to go through
everything that happened,
through every detail
and every little thing.
I saw Pazin running out of the house.
He ran through the whole yard.
- Was he alone?
- Yes.
What else?
Nothing.
If there is anything important,
please tell me now,
so that the defense does not
get it out of us at the trial.
And what can they possibly get out?
Everyone knows everything about us,
we are honest people, we helped everyone.
And what was your relationship
with Kovac like?
We were about to end our marriage,
consensual divorce, no scandal there.
That is something that the defense
will surely ask you.
You see, Mira, the defense
lawyer is very experienced,
when this cross-examination starts,
he will not hesitate to ask you you
the most intimate details of your life,
in order to discredit you
as a witness in any way.
So we have to be very careful.
Because in addition to
the material evidence we have,
you are our strongest trump
card as a witness.
Is there anything else
I should know?
No.
- Are you sure?
- Yes.
- How's the witness?
- A little bit nervous.
Fine, it's normal.
Are you okay?
- Yes, yes, I'm fine.
- Bravo.
- Have you talked to Nikola?
- Yes, he said everything will be fine.
- That's what he said?
- Yes.
- Bravo.
- Gordana, come on, let's go.
Thank you.
I have no further questions.
Thank you.
The defence has a say.
Mrs. Kovac, do you know if
Radovan was seeing someone?
I don't understand the question?
So was he in a relationship with
a woman or a man, perhaps?
I don't know.
As far as I know, you were in
the process of getting a divorce
and you haven't been together for a while.
That's right.
- You moved out.
- Yes.
- He stayed in the house?
- That's right.
Why did you come to visit him on April 13?
We should make a deal
on joint bank accounts.
We were in the middle of divorce,
but we had a very good relationship.
Tell us exactly what happened
when you got to the house.
I unlocked the gate and entered the yard
Excuse me, I'm sorry
You come to the house
of the man you're divorcing,
in a house you haven't
lived in for a while,
yet you unlock the door and
enter without ringing the bell?
This is my house as well.
Okay, go ahead.
So I entered the yard,
everything seems normal,
and then suddenly
I hear something banging,
I turn around and see Dragan Pazin
running and jumping over the fence.
All right,
so you noticed a person running and
jumping over the fence in the back yard
after you made a few steps along the path?
- Is that right?
- That's right.
Fine. To be exact, I'm asking the
council to release photo number one.
This is a sketch of the terrain created
on the basis of a geodetic survey,
and it shows your position and the person
running away, do you agree?
Yes.
What was the distance between
you and the person running away?
Somewhere between 10 and 15 meters.
Yes, it is difficult to estimate
the distance in an open space,
however according to the
dimensions of the yard we have,
we find out that the distance
between those two places is not 15,
but exactly 45 meters.
- 45?
- That's right.
It seemed to me that it was closer.
Did it seem to you it was day or
twilight or the sun had already set?
It wasn't quite dark.
According to official information
we obtained, on April 13, 2021,
the sun set exactly at 19 hours
and 42 minutes,
so when you came to
the yard it was already dark.
Well, Your Honor, I'm really doing
my best to remember and help.
Please, of course, it goes without saying,
only the charges against
this guy here are serious.
It would not be good if you accused
him without being sure what you saw.
- Do you have diopter?
- Yes.
Measurement?
3.00 diopter of nearsightedness,
on both eyes.
Do you wear glasses or contact lenses?
Yes, mostly lenses.
Were you wearing lenses that evening
when you say you saw Dragan?
- Yes.
- Do you wear them now?
Yes.
Please, just tell me, what color
is the tie on the security officer
standing at the bottom of the hall?
Navy blue.
Please put it on the record that
the official does not wear a tie.
Thank you,
I have no more questions.
I only have Drobnjak left.
Do you have something on him?
Diana told me that you brought some girl?
- What girl, Bell?
- Cut the crap, who's the chick?
- Drobnjak?
- Who's the chick?
- Drobnjak, Bell.
- What a freak you are, fuck you.
How many times have I told
you to stay away from politics,
you will get involved in
some shit, you'll get dirty.
But that's you,
Belgrade lawyers.
Bragging
Did you see how I fucked that guy?
Bro, you're fucking him,
but you got a tripper.
- Drobnjak, Bell, Drobnjak.
- Drobnjak.
Drobnjak has a heavy hand.
Well, that's not unusual for a cop.
Yes, but a few years ago,
he almost killed a suspect,
he beat him so much,
they barely got the guy out alive.
He was reprimanded, but in the end,
everything was covered up.
Which means that Drobnjak
is a fucked up cop and that
you should beware of him.
Who's the chick?
Her name is Bojana.
Bojana
Bojana!
Have you told her you have a small dick?
Yes, just like my uncle.
That was the first thing I've told her.
That's my boy!
Now she'll want to see it.
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Inspector Drobnjak, can you tell us,
when it comes to the execution,
did you notice anything characteristic
that would point to a possible
perpetrator?
It was immediately apparent that
security systems were turned off.
The cameras in the yard
and in the house did not work.
I believe that this could
only have been done by someone
who had access access to the devices
AND who knew all access codes.
Those data matched the information
we received from Mrs. Kovac,
and we later confirmed that information
with evidence found in
the defendant's apartment.
And can you describe to us how the
defendant behaved in your presence?
Did he cooperate or resist?
Did he tell you anything?
President of the panel, I am sure that the
prosecutor made a slip of the tongue,
asking the inspector to convey to us what
the defendant told him during the search,
certainly that would not be allowed.
All right, Inspector, please continue,
but ignore the question
pertaining to the defendant's words.
He was very upset when we showed up.
While the officers overpowered him,
we found black sneakers in the hall.
Yes, but the defendant claims that those
sneakers were brought there
and that you physically
harassed him during search.
The defendant can defend
himself as he pleases,
but I think it would be wrong if he
slandered me and my colleagues.
Why would a police officer have
a motive to plant evidence?
Thank you, I have no further questions.
Thank you.
Respectable Nikola Bobic.
Inspector, have you obtained
search warrant?
No.
The search was carried out
in accordance with the law
on situation in which the arrest of the
perpetrator of the crime is planned.
I assume that this means
that no witnesses were present during
the search,
which the law otherwise provides?
When search is carried out without a
warrant, witnesses are not required.
Of course.
In such situation, your claims can
only be confirmed by your colleagues.
President of the panel, please!
Defense attorney, I don't think we
need an answer to that question.
When was the shoe print discovered
on the ground in the yard?
In the early morning hours,
as soon as it dawned.
We immediately made a mold and
found that print from the sneaker
matched the print found on the ground.
Well, according to what was stated
in the inspection report,
a ducat was found in the hand
of the late Radovan Kovac.
- Can you confirm that?
- Yes, I can.
During the investigation, it's one of the
shortest investigations I'm familiar with,
did you manage to guess
what that object represents?
No, not yet.
Have you established a motive
that my client might have for
committing that crime?
Especially considering that he saved
his life just before the murder.
No, we haven't yet been able
to bring found object
in connection with the defendant.
One more question.
How can we believe that you did not use
force on the defendant,
when we know that a disciplinary
procedure was conducted against you,
precisely because
of your aggressive behavior?
President of the panel, this really
has nothing to do with the case.
Bobic, please.
Thank you, mister inspector.
Bye, see you.
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