article_snippet: Branko Loncar lawyers argued locals would persecute Branko Loncar over the shooting.
article_snippet: Loncar, who has been on benefits and had a drink problem since arriving in Britain with his two sons in 1999, made the extraordinary defence that his was not aiming at his wife when his fired repeatedly from a few yards away.
article_snippet: The subsequent trial – by a Serbian court – heard that Loncar had fired 14 shots from his handgun
article_snippet: Loncar told a Serbian court ‘that when Loncar saw that Loncar wife had jumped off a ladder, Loncar took the defendant’s gun and ammunition out of the holster Loncar had under Loncar arm and fired the defendant’s gun from three to four metres away, but did not know in which direction.
article_snippet: After a single pathologist claimed Loncar had already died of strangulation before being shot, Loncar was initially cleared of murder.
article_snippet: Four doctors said Loncar was still alive when Loncar husband shot Loncar.
article_snippet: Loncar has a caution for theft in 2012 and a conviction for common assault in 2013.
highlights_snippet: Loncar continued claiming benefits and was convicted of common assault .
  