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It will be announced subsequently. In the case of a conviction, this will be the first final, binding verdict in Serbia for murdering or committing a serious crime against a journalist.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking before the Court of Appeal, prosecutor Milenko Mandi\u0107 once again \u2013 for the third time during the almost nine years that court proceedings over the murder of \u0106uruvija have lasted \u2013 sought that the four former accused members of the State Security Service \u2013 Radomir Markovi\u0107, Milan Radonji\u0107, Ratko Romi\u0107 and Miroslav Kurak, who remains at large \u2013 receive maximum prison sentences of 40 years each.<\/p>\n<p>As has been the case on previous occasions, the defence lawyers of the accused and the defendants themselves requested acquittals.<\/p>\n<p>During the trial, the Court of Appeal entered into the record almost 80 testimonies that had been previously rejected. 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