Milutin Simović Was Sentenced to Six Months of House Arrest for Abuse of Office
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Simović was arrested on December 22 last year by order of the SDT. After several days spent in custody, he was released to defend himself.
Simović justified the expenses of staying in hotels and restaurants with his wife as official, which the court characterized as illegal. Milutin Simović, former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, was sentenced to six months of house arrest for the prolonged criminal offense of abuse of office. The verdict was pronounced by Veljko Radovanović, judge of the High Court in Podgorica. Simović did not attend the sentencing. The court's opi…
"He damaged the Montenegrin budget by a little more than 1,500 euros. He presented private expenses as official, which he made at the Splendid hotel twice, and at the Bianka hotel and in a hotel in Rome. The court took into account as a mitigating factor that he had not been convicted before," said judge Veljko Radovanović. Simović's defense attorney, lawyer Miroslav Adžić, told reporters that the defense will appeal to the Court of Appeal of Mo…
Former Montenegrin minister sentenced to six months of house arrest - Due to accusations that from 2017 to 2020, he declared private expenses for stays in hotels and restaurants, totaling 1,535 euros, as official expenses
Former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Milutin Simović, who is accused by the Special State Prosecutor's Office of presenting 1,535 euros of private expenses for stays in hotels and restaurants as official from 2017 to 2020, was sentenced to six months of house arrest.
The former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Montenegro, Milutin Simović, was sentenced today in the first instance to six months of house arrest for abuse of official p
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