Verbal threats to a journalist, Verica Marinčić, Inđija, 31.03.2022.

IJAS •︎ 31/03/2022

Verbal threats to a journalist, Verica Marinčić, Inđija, 31.03.2022.

Translations: Beograd 

  • Case info

  • Personal info

  • Regional center
    Belgrade
  • Who was attacked?
    Journalist
  • Gender
    Female
  • Victim(s) name
    Verica Marinčić

  • Media outlet

  • Name of the media outlet
    In Medija
  • Type of media platform
    Online Media

  • Incident Data

  • Date of incident
    31.03.2022
  • City
    Inđija
  • Perpetrator(s)
    Not known
  • Attacked by
    (ordinary) citizens
  • Type of incident
    Other threats to journalists
  • Type of threat
    Aggressive, harassing or discriminatory statements

  • Action by the authorities

  • Public prosecutor's action
    27.07.2022. - The Prosecutor's Office concluded plea agreement and filed the indictment.
  • Court action
    The court issued a guilty verdict and imposed a suspended sentence to 1 year in prison with the probationary period of 3 years.
  • Legal status of the case
    Perpetrator is convicted

  • Action taken by the journalists' association

  • Was journalist's association informed by the journalists directly?
    Yes

After the publication of an article on the IN media portal from Inđija about the local priest who was taken out of the Lidl store by the police, Verica Marinčić received a message on the social network Facebook from an unknown man from Beočin stating “trust me, in the morning you will have a deadline of 20 minutes to deny and erase everything, poor thing. See you in the morning”. The journalist returned the message to the sender and asked him “what are you talking about?”. To which he replied that he knew a lot about her and that he would publish it.