Miroslav Miskovic acquitted on one charge, faces retrial on another

Miroslav Miskovic was on Wednesday acquitted on charges of financial abuses involving road maintenance companies.

The final verdict passed by the Court of Appeals in Belgrade also ordered that he face retrial on charges of tax evasion.

The court also confirmed previous acquittals of his son Marko Miskovic, and businessman Milo Djuraskovic on the first charge, while they will also be tried again for tax evasion.

Miskovic, the owner of Delta Holding, was sentenced in June 2016 to five years in prison in a first-instance verdict of the Special Court, when he was also ordered to pay a RSD 8 million (EUR 67,000) fine for aiding his son in evading about three million euros in taxes.

By the same decision, Miroslav Miskovic was acquitted of the charges that he siphoned money off several road companies.

All decisions of the Court of Appeals announced today have...