With reference to the statement made by the Protector of Citizens (Ombudsman) on the initiation of the procedure to verify acting in compliance with the law on the part of the Penal Sanctions Enforcement Directorate (in connection with the case of a girl who went missing in the vicinity of Niš), the Directorate issued a statement saying that the Penal Correctional Institution (PCI) of Niš had complied with the law when releasing Ninoslav Jovanović on 8 January 2018 after he served his sentence.
The Niš PCI followed the regulations notifying on 10 January 2018 the Basic Court, the Police Directorate and the Enforcement Judge of the Higher Court, all of Niš, that “having served his sentence, the convict Ninoslav Jovanović was released from prison on 8 January 2018”.
On 8 July 2005 it was decided to remand Ninoslav Jovanović in custody on suspicion of committing the crime of sexual intercourse or unnatural fornication with a person under the age of 14. On 28 August 2006 he was sent to serve his 12 years and 6 months prison sentence, following a judgement passed by the Supreme Court of Serbia. Jovanović’s imprisonment included one year, one month and 20 days he spent in custody.
Jovanović was kept in custody in the Belgrade District Prison for five months, starting from 14 October 2018, following a ruling made by the Belgrade Higher Court in connection with the crimes of using a computer network or communication by other technical means to commit sexual offences against a minor and of stalking. On 18 March 2019 the Higher Court terminated the measure and released him from custody. In such cases district prisons and penal correctional institutions are not obliged to notify police authorities thereof.