# Željko Mitrović's son killed Andrea Bojanić on a pedestrian crossing Category: Above the law Period: 18 Jul 2013 – 24 Jul 2021 Outcome: Guilty verdict (as of 24 Jul 2021) On 18 July 2013, Aleksandar Mitrović, son of TV Pink owner Željko Mitrović, hit seventeen-year-old Andrea Bojanić at a pedestrian crossing in Belgrade with an SUV owned by Pink and fled the scene; she died. The proceedings dragged on for eight years, and in the meantime the statute of limitations ran out on the charge of failing to provide assistance. In 2021 the Court of Appeal sentenced him to one year of house arrest and a two-year driving ban, which part of the public saw as a lenient sentence owed to the family background of the man charged; Mitrović and his father say otherwise. ## Crash on a pedestrian crossing On 18 July 2013, Aleksandar Mitrović, son of TV Pink owner Željko Mitrović, hit seventeen-year-old Andrea Bojanić at a pedestrian crossing on Ustanička Street in Belgrade with an SUV owned by Pink and fled the scene; she died. His father brought him to the police about two hours later. He spent 77 days in custody. ## Eight years of proceedings The proceedings against Mitrović lasted eight years: the trial did not begin until 2015, expert examinations were repeated, and the statute of limitations on failing to provide assistance ran out in 2019. The First Basic Court twice sentenced him to house arrest. In 2021 the Court of Appeal increased the sentence to one year of house arrest and a two-year driving ban, because he had been driving well over the speed limit and had not provided assistance. ## Dispute over the light and the sentence Whether Mitrović ran a red light was disputed. Part of the public and the media saw the lenient sentence as a result of the family background of the man charged; Mitrović and his father Željko Mitrović say otherwise, while the father of Andrea Bojanić called the verdict politically motivated. No source was found on whether or how the sentence was served. ## Participants - [Aleksandar Mitrović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/aleksandar-mitrovic): Driving well over the speed limit, he killed Andrea Bojanić on a pedestrian crossing and fled without providing assistance (responsible) - [Željko Mitrović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/zeljko-mitrovic): About two hours after his son fled, he brought him to the police, accompanied by a lawyer (commented on the case) - [TV Pink](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/tv-pink): According to the indictment, the SUV that struck Andrea Bojanić was owned by the company (commented on the case) - [Higher Court in Belgrade](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/visi-sud-beograd): Ordered him into custody on 20 July 2013, citing witness interference and the gravity of the offence (investigation and courts) - [First Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/prvo-ojt-beograd): Took over the case from the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office and sought 16 months in prison at the retrial (investigation and courts) - [First Basic Court in Belgrade](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/prvi-osnovni-sud-beograd): Sentenced him, in non-final rulings, to 12 months of house arrest in 2019 and 11 months in 2020 (investigation and courts) - [Zorica Avramović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/zorica-avramovic): In 2019, handed down a sentence half as long as the one the prosecution sought (investigation and courts) - [Court of Appeal in Belgrade](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/apelacioni-sud-beograd): Lifted his custody in 2013 and overturned part of the verdict in 2020, and in 2021 sentenced him to a year of house arrest (investigation and courts) - [High Judicial Council](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/visoki-savet-sudstva): Elected Judge Zorica Avramović a Higher Court judge on 11 December 2020 (investigation and courts) ## Victims and others harmed - [Andrea Bojanić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/andrea-bojanic) - [Savo Bojanić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/savo-bojanic): Father of Andrea Bojanić, who was killed ## Sources - [RTS: Željko Mitrović's son gets a year of house arrest](): 2 Jul 2019 - [Radio Slobodna Evropa: TV Pink owner's son sentenced to 12 months of house arrest](): 2 Jul 2019 - [Nova.rs: Son of RTV Pink owner back in court in March](): 11 Feb 2020 - [Radio Slobodna Evropa: Željko Mitrović's son sentenced at first instance to 11 months of house arrest](): 6 Oct 2020 - [Luftika: Aleksandar Mitrović gets 11 months of house arrest for causing crash that killed 17-year-old girl](): 6 Oct 2020 - [Nova.rs: Crime Without Punishment: a book about Andrea, killed by Mitrović's son](): 20 Dec 2020 - [Nova.rs: A wound that has bled for 12 years: On this day, Željko Mitrović's son killed Andrea Bojanić (17) with a BMW](): 18 Jul 2025 - [Kurir: Željko Mitrović's son released](): 5 Oct 2013 - [Danas: Father of girl killed and prosecution announce appeal against Aleksandar Mitrović verdict](): 2 Jul 2019 - [Nova.rs: Questionable expert witness: strange details from the trial of Željko Mitrović's son](): 7 Oct 2020 - [Danas: Judge who tried Željko Mitrović's son promoted](): 17 Dec 2020 - [Glas Amerike: Željko Mitrović's son gets a year of house arrest, Bojanić announces appeal](): 2 Jul 2019 - [Nova.rs: Verdict for Mitrović's son on Tuesday: prosecution seeks 16 months in prison](): 1 Oct 2020 - [Telegraf: Aleksandar Mitrović sentenced to 11 months of house arrest](): 6 Oct 2020 - [N1: Book "Andrea Bojanić – Crime Without Punishment" presented](): 15 Apr 2021 - [021.rs: Court of Appeal raises sentence for Željko Mitrović's son from 11 months to a year](): 24 Jul 2021 - [Danas: Court of Appeal raises sentence for Željko Mitrović's son from 11 months to a year](): 24 Jul 2021 - [021.rs: Željko Mitrović's son denies guilt for the crash at new trial](): 12 Mar 2020 - [Luftika: Željko Mitrović's son speaks publicly about the crash for the first time: I haven't slept for 10 years because of my tragedy](): 4 Sep 2022 - [Nova.rs: Mitrović's son got such a low sentence because he is Mitrović's son](): 8 Oct 2020 - [Vreme: Ninth protest ends: Who killed Oliver Ivanović?](): 1 Jul 2023 - [N1: BLOG: Protests in several Serbian cities, citizens, Oliver and Andrea outside Pink](): 1 Jul 2023 - [Danas: Memorial blockade of Ustanička Street called off](): 18 Jul 2025 - [Vreme: Twelve years without justice: Remembering Andrea Bojanić, without a memorial blockade](): 18 Jul 2025 --- Source: Odgovornost, https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/ubistvo-andree-bojanic As of: 9 Nov 2026 Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)