The boy, who has been held in a psychiatric establishment for the reason that assault, can’t be placed on trial as a result of he’s under the age of prison duty.
Nonetheless, his dad and mom have been accused of a “severe act in opposition to normal security” for failing to safe the weapons and ammunition correctly. They denied the costs.
Their trial has been held behind closed doorways.
On the excessive courtroom in Belgrade on Monday, Vladimir was discovered responsible of endangering public security by educating his son to shoot and failing to safe his gun. He was additionally convicted of neglecting a minor.
Miljana was discovered responsible of neglecting a minor however acquitted of illegally possessing weapons and ammunition.
The boy, who has been recognized solely as KK, was dropped at the courtroom in October by a particular escort, leaving the psychiatric hospital for the primary time for the reason that assault at Vladislav Ribnikar main school.
He was questioned as a witness by the choose, the prosecutor and defence and attorneys for the households of the lifeless and wounded. He additionally answered questions from the mom of a murdered baby.
Parents of the murdered kids attended the listening to within the hope of shedding gentle on the motive for the boy’s mass taking pictures.
A lawyer representing the households described it as “one of essentially the most harrowing trials I’ve witnessed in my profession”.
Eight of the 9 kids KK murdered have been ladies.
Serbia was plunged into additional grief lower than 48 hours later, when one other eight folks have been shot lifeless by a 21-year-old man in a village outdoors the capital.
Following his testimony at his dad and mom’ trial, the household’s lawyer instructed reporters that the boy had lived a traditional life earlier than the taking pictures and no courtroom course of would have the ability to set up what had led to his assault.