The Basic Court in Prizren, Department of Serious Crimes, the Judge of the preliminary procedure, has approved the request of the State Prosecutor’s Office, and has set the measure of detention for a duration of one (1) month, which can last until 18.09.2026 for the defendants:

The court, in the case of assigning detention, to the defendants has assessed that there are the legal reasons for the determination of this measure, and from the evidence gathered up to this stage, there is a based suspicion that: The defendants Beqir Selimi. and Arsim Dogani, intentionally and with the aim of unlawfully benefiting from wealth for themselves, contract clearly disproportionate amounts of wealth in exchange for service, exploiting without experience, the financial – personal and family situation in which the injured party was, while on 18.08.2026 the injured party was caught red-handed accepting money from here, the money received in the name of interest, in which case, running away from the police, the defendant A.D. took this amount of money, and got out of the car in the village of Vlashnje, while only a few minutes later they were arrested by the Kosovo Police.

The defendant Fadil Selimi, from the unverified date of 2020, until the beginning of the investigations and continuously, in Prizren, intentionally and with the purpose of unlawfully benefiting from wealth for himself, contracts clearly disproportionate amounts of wealth in exchange for service, exploiting without experience, the financial – personal and family situation in which the victim was.

The defendant Beqir Selimi:, On August 18, 2026, attacks the official police in such a way that while the latter was on official duty in support of the implementation of the operational plan and positioned at the entrance of the said road with the aim of arresting the defendants, in such a way that the defendant driving the vehicle in the car with him was noticed by the police officers, he did not stop but drove at speed and during the escape he hit the injured police officer and continued quickly in the direction of the village of Vlashnje, while the injured – the police officer with this action causes slight bodily injury.

The defendant B.S., who has been running away from the police as described above, as a result of the high speed on that part of the road at the critical moment at the exit to the village of Vlashnje, hits one (1) pedestrian, who as a result of the impact suffers serious bodily injuries

In the case of assigning detention, the Court has taken into account the material evidence and documents that are attached to the Prosecution’s file in the case of the submission of the request for the determination of the measure of detention, which justify the reasonable suspicion that the defendants have committed the criminal offenses for which they are suspected.

The court has evaluated the claims of the parties in the hearing for the determination of the security measure, but taking into account the weight of the criminal offenses for which the defendants are suspected, the manner and circumstances in which they are suspected committed these criminal acts, in the present case only with the measure of detention, the presence of the defendants will be ensured at this stage of the procedure, and the smooth progress of the preliminary procedure will be ensured.

Source: prizrenpost