Arjeta Roshaj remanded in custody for 30 days, her statement on the killing of the 32-year-old in Ferizaj revealed

The Basic Court in Ferizaj has ordered 30 days of detention for Arjeta Roshaj, who is suspected of killing F.H. in Ferizaj.

The court’s decision shows that the suspect told police investigators that, before the incident, she had received threats from the now deceased through the social network Snapchat. According to her statement, he had written to her, among other things, “wait for me because now I will come and kill you and your family,” and when he arrived at the apartment, he assaulted her.

According to the decision obtained by “Oath for Justice,” Roshaj’s defense lawyer, court-appointed attorney Genc Kadriu, presented details from his client’s statement during the hearing and explained the course of the case.

In the testimony given before investigators, Roshaj also said that shortly before the message containing the threat, the victim had sent her another message with the word “qele.”

The decision describes that, at that moment, the defendant looked through the peephole and saw F.H. standing in front of her apartment. It states that this put her in a severe state of shock, because she had not thought he would actually come to her apartment, since, according to her, he had threatened her in the same way on 3-4 other occasions but had never shown up.

The decision further states that after F.H. entered the apartment, he grabbed the injured party by the hair and began striking her on the head. It also emphasizes that the defendant had been continuously under attack and, at one point, had taken a glass bottle with the aim of scaring the victim into stopping the assault. During this physical struggle, the defendant herself sustained bodily injuries.

According to the decision, the now deceased had the weapon in his hand the entire time. At one point during the struggle, the defendant managed to take the weapon from him, also because her parents were in another room of the apartment, so that no harm would come to them. At the moment the weapon passed into her hand, it is said that the victim had turned his back from the table, and it was precisely then that the gun went off, resulting in the killing of F.H.

On these grounds, attorney Kadriu opposed the Prosecution’s request for detention, stating that, in his view, the defendant had acted in necessary self-defense and had not intended to intentionally take the life of the now deceased.

At the hearing, Kadriu also added that, in the defense’s assessment, there are no conditions for influencing witnesses or fleeing. He justified this by the fact that the defendant had cooperated with the investigative authorities and, taking into account her emotional state after the incident, proposed that the Court impose an alternative measure.

Roshaj herself supported attorney Kadriu’s position, stating that she stands by what she said to the Police, while before the court she emphasized that, due to her emotional condition, she is not able to make a statement.

The decision also states that state prosecutor Veton Shabani requested detention, assessing that the conditions for this measure had been met. He mentioned the risk of flight, arguing that the suspect lives and works in France, while she had come to Kosovo for a temporary stay, as well as the fact that the case is in the initial stage of the investigation.

In the end, preliminary procedure judge Ilir Bytyqi assessed that there are grounds for ordering detention, finding that more lenient measures are not sufficient to ensure the proper conduct of the criminal proceedings.