Supreme Court: The case regarding the canopy is expected to be brought to deliberation as soon as possible

The President of the Supreme Court of Serbia, Miroljub Tomić, announced today that the case concerning the collapse of the canopy at the Novi Sad Railway Station, which resulted in the deaths of 16 people, is currently with the reporting judge, and that after the case files are reviewed, it is expected to be brought to deliberation as soon as possible.

“The Supreme Court will, after the decision is dispatched from the court, promptly inform the public regarding the requests for the protection of legality submitted by the defense attorneys of the accused,” Tomić stated in the announcement.

The Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office (VJT) in Novi Sad announced on Friday that the preparatory hearing in this case has not yet been scheduled, because the entire case file is with the Supreme Court of Serbia, which needs to decide on the requests for the protection of legality submitted by the defense attorneys of the accused against the decision of the Appellate Court in Novi Sad confirming the indictment.

In today’s statement, Tomić noted that the defense attorneys of the accused—the former Minister of Construction Goran Vesić, his assistant Anita Dimoski, and the former director of “Serbian Railway Infrastructure” Jelena Tanasković—submitted requests for the protection of legality against the decision of the Appellate Court in Novi Sad, which amended the decision of the Higher Court in that city.

These requests, as the President of the Supreme Court of Serbia added, were submitted on July 31, August 11, August 13, and August 26 of this year.

He stated that the Higher Court in Novi Sad forwarded the files to the Supreme Court on October 6, which were assigned to the reporting judge, and that the files from the Novi Sad Appellate Court were delivered on October 16 and combined with the previous files.