Silvo Plut
| Silvo Plut | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 29, 1968 Novo Mesto, Slovenia |
| Died | April 28, 2007 (aged 38) |
| Cause of death | Suicide |
| Killings | |
| Victims | 3 |
Span of killings | 1990–2006 |
| Country | Slovenia, Serbia |
Silvo Plut (May 29, 1968 – April 28, 2007) was a Slovenian serial killer. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison[1] for the murder of Ljubica Ulčar and the attempted murder of her husband Miro Ulčar on February 24, 2006. Plut had been released on probation after 13 years in prison for the 1990 rape and murder of a former schoolmate, Marjanca Matjašič. He committed suicide in his prison cell on April 28, 2007.[2]
Crimes
Plut killed his first victim, Matjašič, on February 16, 1990 in Slovenia.[3]:27 He was sentenced to 15 years in prison. In 2003, he was released on parole.
He killed his second victim, 25-year-old Jasmina Đošić, on November 18, 2004 in Aleksinac, Serbia.[3]:28 He escaped to Slovenia, which refused extradition in spite of a warrant from Serbia.
He killed his third victim, Ljubica Ulčar, 25, on February 24, 2006, also wounding her husband Miro Ulčar.[3]:28
On October 2, 2006, a Ljubljana, Slovenia court sentenced Plut to 30 years in prison for killing Ulčar.[1] On April 26, 2007, a court in Niš, Serbia sentenced him in absentia to 40 years in prison for killing Đošić.[3]:29
He committed suicide in his Ljubljana prison cell on April 28, 2007,[4] by overdosing on sleeping pills.[5]
References
- 1 2 "Silvo Plut obsojen na 30 let zaporne kazni." Dnevnik 2 October 2006. (Slovene)
- ↑ "Silvo Plut naredil samomor" Delo 29 April 2007. (Slovene)
- 1 2 3 4 Glogovčan, Tanja. 2008. Medijska reprezentacija serijskih morilcev – primer Silvo Plut. Bachelor's thesis. Ljubljana: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences. (Slovene)
- ↑ Sodelavci MMC RTV Slovenija, Silvo Plut si je sodil sam, April 28th 2007, http://www.rtvslo.si/
- ↑ Blaž Laterener, Silvo Plut zaužil petkratni smrtni odmerek tablet, May 16th 2007,http://www.dnevnik.si