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The case of rape of an elderly woman in Kosovo/ The court acquits the accused nurses

The case of rape of an elderly woman in Kosovo/ The court acquits the accused

The Court of Kosovo has given the decision for the three arrested nurses who are accused of violence against the elderly woman in the care home.

Nurses with the initials AR, AP and RK will be tried at liberty.

"With the acceptance of the request for protection of the legality of the defender of the defendant AR, and according to the official duty also for the defendants AP and RK, the decision of the Basic Court in Peja - General Department DP.PP.nr.336/2022 dated 03.11.2022 and the decision of the Court of Appeal of Kosovo - General Department PN1DP.nr.1561/2022 dated 11.11.2022, so that the defendants' detention is terminated and they are immediately released to defend themselves in freedom", it is written in the decision.

At the beginning of November, a video from the "Orenda" care center for the elderly in Peja, where some nurses abused an elderly person, went viral. The sensitive event sparked a revolt in public opinion.

The elderly woman withdrew from the center to live with her daughter.

The center's license was suspended.