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19 years of imprisonment for the two suspects for the murder of the 18-year-old in Podujevë

The Basic Court in Pristina has announced a guilty verdict for the two young men accused of the brutal murder of 18-year-old Lulzim Fejzullahu, in January of this year, in Podujevë. One of the suspects was sentenced to 10 years in prison and the other to 9. The family members expressed their dissatisfaction with the verdict and warned of an appeal in Appeal.

Ten years of imprisonment for one and 9 for the other has been imposed by the Basic Court in Pristina to two young men accused of murdering Lulzim Fejzullah, 18 years old. 

He was killed in January of this year by two peers in Podujevë. 

Rrahim Fejzullahu, the deceased's uncle, who was also his guardian, was not satisfied with the verdict. He said that the punishment does not ease his pain.

"As the father of the late Lulzim, I did not receive him well. Because one, as the lawyer stated, was sentenced to ten years, the other to nine. Lulzim, the deceased, was 18 years old. So it doesn't satisfy my heart and secondly I don't trust this justice, in short Albanian. If you ask why you don't believe him, this one with the last name *** had 10 previous works, which I don't know how many were taken into account. So, in a word, he left my grave open, in short, he left my grave open", said Fejzullahu.

The lawyer of the Fejzullahu family, Tomë Gashi, has warned of an appeal to the Court of Appeal, as soon as he receives the decision. 

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"In fact, we can file an appeal regarding the sentence of only one of the convicts, for the one with a sentence of 9 years in prison. Whereas, for the other one, we cannot file a complaint because, unfortunately, the Juvenile Law is like this. The maximum penalty can be 10 years and the court has given them 10 years of imprisonment or sending them to a juvenile institution", stated Gashi.

Both convicts from the first degree, on the day of committing the criminal offense, had not reached the age of 18.

For this reason, even in the announcement of the Court, published on Facebook, no details or reasons for the decision were given.

"On the basis of Article 366, paragraph 1, subsection 3 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the detention measure is continued for minors, until the judgment becomes final. The legal representative and the authorized representative of the victim, for the realization of the legal property claim, are instructed in a civil dispute", it is stated in the announcement of the Court.

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Lulzim Fejzullahu was brutally beaten with strong tools on January 14 in Podujevë and on January 20 he died in KKUK. On April 1, the Basic Prosecutor's Office in Pristina filed an indictment against two suspects for Fejzullah's murder. 

The police initially reported the case as attempted murder and stabbing, and in the emergency room they found his death as a result of injuries to the victim's head.