The Presumption of Justice is a 2012 documentary film, directed by Boris Malagurski and Ivana Rajović,[1][2] it deals with the September 2009 murder of Brice Taton, a fan of Toulouse FC, who travelled to Belgrade, Serbia in order to support his club in its UEFA Europa League away match versus FK Partizan.
While promoting his film, Malagurski stated that the Serbian media coverage of the case, specifically instances of the suspects being referred to as the "murderers who need to be punished severely" before the trial even began, whipped up the mass sentiments for political ends and created a societal atmosphere not conducive to determining facts and carrying out justice.
"[3] In September 2012, the film's co-directors Boris Malagurski and Ivana Rajović filed a criminal investigation request with the Belgrade public prosecutor's office against 12 members of the Parapsihopatologija internet message board for alleged "organized threats to their life and personal and professional safety", made under online forum nicknames after the premiere of The Presumption of Justice.
Upon investigation that began in July 2013, three of the 12 individuals (Rastislav Dinić, Nemanja Poleksić, and Marko Nikolić), whose real-life identities were determined via local internet providers, were charged by the Belgrade prosecutor's office.
A few days later, a piece by Malagurski was published in Nova srpska politička misao, criticizing what he saw to be a tendency on the part of the Serbian politicians and media outlets that otherwise consider themselves to be liberal, civic-minded, and to be espousing Western values to characterize him as a "crybaby" over his decision to file a criminal investigation request for receiving online threats.