Post by easy on Dec 5, 2008 11:29:35 GMT -5
The Brooklyn college student pummeled allegedly by a hulking Serbian athlete who was arrested in his homeland has been invited to testify against the former fugitive by video, a Belgrade court said yesterday.
The court has granted Bryan Steinhauer, 21, and other witnesses to the upstate attack the opportunity to testify via video link against Miladin Kovacevic, 22, on Tuesday.
A spokesman for the Steinhauers said the family is not commenting on the announcement.
Kovacevic was charged with beating Steinhauer, a fellow Binghamton University student, into a coma at a bar on May 4.
Days after posting $100,000 bail, Kovacevic fled the country with the help of a Serbian diplomat.
He lived freely in his native country for several months before Serbian authorities arrested him last month.
American authorities and politicians have insisted that Kovacevic be tried in the U.S.
Serbian officials have refused to hand over Kovacevic, saying its laws ban extradition.
The court has granted Bryan Steinhauer, 21, and other witnesses to the upstate attack the opportunity to testify via video link against Miladin Kovacevic, 22, on Tuesday.
A spokesman for the Steinhauers said the family is not commenting on the announcement.
Kovacevic was charged with beating Steinhauer, a fellow Binghamton University student, into a coma at a bar on May 4.
Days after posting $100,000 bail, Kovacevic fled the country with the help of a Serbian diplomat.
He lived freely in his native country for several months before Serbian authorities arrested him last month.
American authorities and politicians have insisted that Kovacevic be tried in the U.S.
Serbian officials have refused to hand over Kovacevic, saying its laws ban extradition.
