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PERSON ACCUSED OF THE CRIMINAL OFFENCE OF COUNTERFEITING OF MONEY ENTERS INTO PLEA AGREEMENT ADMITTING HIS GUILT
15.02.2019. 15:39The accused Radule Popović aka Rale, born in 1963 in Nikšić, a citizen of the Republic of Montenegro, has entered into a Plea Agreement admitting his guilt in the presence of his attorney, for the criminal offence of Counterfeiting of Money, as referred to in Article 205, Paragraph 1, in conjunction with Article 29 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The accused has admitted to have been putting into circulation counterfeit money in Euro currency, in the area of Čitluk.
Pursuant to the Plea Agreement, the sentence of imprisonment for a term of four (4) months has been proposed against the accused. As stipulated by the said Plea Agreement, money acquired by the commission of the criminal offence will be confiscated from the accused as unlawful material gain.
The proposed sanction corresponds with the role and the responsibility of the accused in the perpetration of the aforementioned criminal offence.
The Plea Agreement has been forwarded to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
*Note on the principle of presumption of innocence
This announcement does not prejudice the outcome of the criminal proceedings and does not violate the principle of the presumption of innocence. A person shall be considered innocent of a crime until guilt has been established by a final verdict (Article 3, paragraph 1 of the CPC BiH).
This announcement does not prejudice the outcome of the criminal proceedings and does not violate the principle of the presumption of innocence. A person shall be considered innocent of a crime until guilt has been established by a final verdict (Article 3, paragraph 1 of the CPC BiH).
