Ilona Pesic
Mirjana Markovic: How Milosevic’s Widow Evaded Justice in Serbia
In the abuse of office case, Markovic was accused of inciting Zivka Cica Knezevic, who at that time was a Serbian government secretary and a member of the government housing commission to give an apartment to Ilona Pesic, a woman who babysat Markovic's grandson.
Milosevic's widow Mira Markovic sentenced to year in jail
The Higher Court's verdict comes almost 15 years after the initiation of criminal proceedings in the case.
Markovic was tried in absentia as she is inaccessible to Serbia's judicial authorities. An international warrant was issued for her arrest in 2005.