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Ramadan Halimi, who were previously on the run, were cleared of all charges and the international warrant for their arrest was revoked. Shemsi Nuhui, who was extradited to Serbia in May 2012, was also released. The presiding judge noted however, that while the court accepted the testimonies of the protected witnesses as authentic, it acknowledged discrepancies in their accounts. Furthermore, while the witnesses described the events in Gjilan, they were not specific to the events outlined in the indictment, and they did not name the specific defendants as the perpetrators. The testimony of a key witness was also dismissed and the prosecution was accused of misusing the victims' suffering.
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with wires. To conceal their crimes, the killers dismembered the bodies and threw them into nearby dumpsters, and in Lake LivoÄŤko. The defendants were also suspected of having raped women and sexually abusing prisoners. The indictment was based on victims' testimonies, supported by medical experts, as well as information provided by an ex-KLA member.
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Chamber of the Appellate Court in Belgrade quashed the verdict on 7 December 2011 and set the case for a retrial. On 19 September 2012, the group, which by then totaled 11 individuals, was sentenced to a combined 116 years in prison. Meanwhile, Fazli Ajdari, Rexhep Aliu, Shaqir Shaqiri,
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