After the hearing, the Council of the Appellate Division of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued, and on March 10, 2026, publicly announced the second-instance verdict in the criminal case against the accused Vasvija Vidović, by which the accused Vasvija Vidović was declared guilty of having committed the criminal offense of preventing evidence under Article 236, paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The court sentenced the accused to a six-month prison sentence, in which sentence the time of deprivation of liberty related to the criminal offense is included, from December 18, 2023 to December 20, 2023 – the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina announced.
The accused was declared guilty that on December 18, 2023, at around 6:00 p.m., after she entered the official premises of the State Agency for Investigation and Protection, as a defense attorney for the then suspect RD, and when the suspect RD was allowed to communicate privately with the accused Vasvija Vidović as a defense attorney, without the presence of police officers, in a special room of the State Agency for Investigation and Protection, she was aware of her illegal actions and willingly, and after that RD took out a mobile phone from the bag he kept with him and handed it to her, the accused Vasvija Vidović, aware and knowing that the said mobile phone should be temporarily confiscated by order of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and that it serves as evidence in the criminal proceedings against RD, took the phone in a manner known to her and hid it in her bag, with the aim of making it much more difficult to prove illegal actions in the criminal proceedings against RD before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina by hiding the mobile phone that serves as evidence announcement.
No appeal is allowed against this verdict.
As a reminder, by the first-instance verdict of February 5, 2025, the accused Vasvija Vidović was found guilty of committing the criminal offense of preventing evidence from Article 236, paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, for which she was sentenced to one year in prison.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the defense of the accused filed an appeal against the said verdict. The Council of the Appellate Division of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, respecting the joint appeal of the defense of the accused, in a decision dated October 9, 2025, annulled the above-mentioned verdict, and ordered the trial to be held before the Council of the Appellate Division – it is stated in the statement of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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