He killed his son, the court gives the decision for Skënder Krasniqi

The Basic Court of Prishtina has found Skender Krasniqi guilty for the murder of his son, Albert Krasniqi.

 The notification of the Court states that Skender Krasniqi was found guilty of the criminal offense "Murder by negligence", and sentenced to 3 years and five months in prison.

“Basic Court in Prishtina - General Criminal Department has announced the verdict against the accused SK for the criminal offense of Murder by negligence under Article 175 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo. The accused SK was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of three (3) years and five (5) months, which sentence will be executed within 15 days from the finality of this judgment. The time spent under the measure of detention on remand for the defendant will be counted in the sentence imposed with imprisonment from 27.01.2021 ", it is stated in the notification.

The case took place on January 27 this year, around 17:00. Skender Krasniqi himself called the Kosovo Police to report that he had killed his son.

After the tragedy, the father of the deceased was in a serious emotional state.

His lawyer, Ramiz Krasniqi, had stated for Express that in the place where the crime took place there were cameras and the images were taken by the police.

"I do not know what the family members have stated, but I know that the murder is accidental," Skenderi told me. Now let’s see what the camera footage is talking about. There were probably cameras, they were pulled by the police, but now whether they were functional or not I do not know that I did not see that part. That part was with cameras, but I do not know, I know that the police went and I believe that they pulled them ", Krasniqi had declared.

He added that the weapon that the deceased, Albert, had already bought, was illegal.

"The weapon was without a permit, I do not know when Albert bought the weapon," said the lawyer.