Now under house arrest at his registered address in London, the ex Agrokor boss takes to his blog.
Ivica Todorić handed himself in to the London Metropolitan police yesterday at Charing Cross station. Under the conditions specified by the European Arrest Warrant issued for him, the British police detained him. After paying £100,000 bail, he was released from custody and placed under house arrest by the British authorities. The judge handling the case stated that it was a very complicated one, and a hearing on Todorić’s possible extradition to Croatia will not take place until next year.
The gazda will now have an awful lot of time on his hands as he gets used to being on tag and being closely monitored by the British authorities, we may be in for a barrage of blogs.
As usual, we bring you Ivica Todorić’s latest blog post, this time in the form of a press release written on the 7th of November, 2017, translated in full into English below:
”As I’ve already publicly said, I wasn’t hiding, my personal address, and the contacts of my attorneys, have been known to the authorities since October the 10th [2017]. I personally delivered this information to the competent institutions and waited for them to call me. The court, to whose call I responded with a clear conscience, looked at all the arguments on both sides and decided that I’m a free man. I’m happy with the court’s decision, however, as a responsible man, I can’t and don’t want to comment on it. I’m in London because my human rights have been severely violated and my elementary legal security has been too, and I’ve got every right to fight against the lies and structures through which they want to make out like I’m a man who is in serious opposition to the laws in my country. That isn’t the case, and I’ll prove it.
I won’t allow for them to condemn me without trial through political decrees, because my speech obviously affects those who took ownership of my property (assets). I will speak, because freedom of speech is one of the fundamental human rights, regardless of how bothered anyone is by the truth. Through this, I’d especially like to thank all the media outlets whose representatives were, despite the bad weather, in front of the court building all day today [ready] to inform the public of the court’s decision. Of course, I’d like to thank everyone who reported on this event but didn’t manage to be able to send any correspondents too. Speech is public, and even if it’s sometimes critical, [it is] the pillar of any democratic society, and nobody has the right to limit it.”
Ivica Todorić’s blog post translated in full from ivicatodoric.hr
