April 28, 2009 4:32 AM
PODGORICA, Montenegro-A Montenegrin court has convicted a suspect in
the 2004 slaying of a prominent opposition editor and sentenced him to
30 years in prison.
The Montenegrin Higher Court has ruled that karate expert Damir Mandic
was guilty of the "well-planned and premeditated" murder of editor Dusko
Jovanovic.
Mandic was first arrested shortly after Jovanovic was gunned down in
May 2004. Mandic was tried and acquitted in 2006 but that ruling was overturned
after an appeal, and a retrial was held.
Mandic's lawyer Velibor Markovic said late Monday his client will appeal
the new verdict as well.
Jovanovic was the editor of Dan daily, which was highly critical of
Montenegro's government. His killing shocked the tiny Adriatic nation of
some 600,000 people.
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