Insulting police officers: acquittal verdict in Pleternica, €2,050 fine in Zagreb
Two men insulted police officers on Saturday – one in Pleternica, the other in Dubrava. The courts issued completely different verdicts.
Two cases of insulting police officers, two different court decisions
According to a report by 24sata, police recorded two separate incidents of insulting police officers on Saturday – one in Pleternica, the other in Zagreb's Dubrava district.
The Požega-Slavonia police stated that a 70-year-old man in Pleternica, at Trg Zrinskog i Frankopana in the stadium area, verbally attacked a police officer who was patrolling a public gathering. The man was arrested and brought before the Municipal Court in Požega on the basis of a criminal complaint, which ultimately issued an acquittal verdict.
The situation in Zagreb ended differently. According to a statement by Zagreb police, a 35-year-old man was driving a vehicle on Dankovečka Street in Dubrava with 1.71 g/kg of alcohol in his system, without his driving licence. Police officers stopped and arrested him, placing him in a special room until the effects of the alcohol wore off.
During that time, he insulted police officers with derogatory names. Police subsequently proposed to the Municipal Misdemeanour Court in Zagreb a fine of €2,730 and a ban on driving category B vehicles for a period of six months.
The court found him guilty, but imposed a lighter sanction: a fine of €2,050 and a ban on driving motor vehicles in category B for a period of three months.
Source: 24sata