He was born in the village of Stanča near Kriva Palanka, Ottoman Empire (modern R. Macedonia).

From 1903, he was a jatak ("hajduk helper") for the Serbian bands whom he led the way in the woods and hills, and since 1904 he was a vojvoda (duke) in the Kriva Palanka area.

His band defended the Kriva Palanka region from the IMRO, securing the Kriva river, which region was controlled by Serbian bands and where all villages were adhering to the Patriarchate (and not the Bulgarian Exarchate) and included in the Serbian Chetnik Organization.

Spasa participated in all major battles on the left bank of the Vardar river.

There, he helped destroy the local Bulgarian secret organization and Turkish (Ottoman) government.