Fled Serbian Goon Goes Out for Casual Jog

Miladin Kovacevic, the 6-foot-9-inch brute who has caused an international incident by fleeing back to Serbia to duck charges of beating a Brooklyn college student within an inch of his life, was seen out in public for the first time yesterday working out with his new Serbian basketball squad. When asked about the newest player on his semi-pro squad, his coach Bojan Markovic said, "It's his business. I don't get involved...We hope he will help us improve our scores." Both Senators Clinton and Schumer have been trying to pressure Serbia into extraditing Kovacevic back to the US, but Serbian officials say it is against their nation's constitution. Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said that Serbia would like to see him return, but that "His decision...is that he does not want to do that."

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By Billy Parker in News on August 16, 2008 3:47 PM

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Think2wice

I won't be surprised if the ape knocks a fellow Serb into a coma one of these days.

mattcarman

Small head.

Spirit of 76

"His decision...is that he does not want to do that."

What a government. Alleged criminals get to choose whether they get prosecuted or not.

Future Taliban

Serbia seems to take better care of its citizens than ours does.

NannyState

Serbia just wants to suck Vladimir Putin off. I guess we forced them to their knees for something.

interlard

Perhaps the Serbian vice consul general, Igor Milosevic, who helped him escape, would like to stand trial in his place?

Sounds like a fair swap to me. Oh and obviously Serbia doesn't want our tax dollars in economic aid. We have better things to spend our money on.