THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Serbian court reduced the prison sentence for tennis player Jelena Dokic’s father Tuesday after he was convicted of threatening the Australian ambassador.
The court in Sremska Mitrovica reduced Damir Dokic’s 15-month sentence to 12 months. This means Dokic should be out of prison in early May.
Dokic’s lawyer Bosiljka Djukic told the Associated Press she will push for her client’s release on parole before May.
The 51-year-old Dokic was arrested last year after reportedly saying he would blow up Australian ambassador Claire Birgin’s car over the negative articles in the Australian press in which Jelena Dokic accused him of beating her.
Upon arrest, police also found a large number of weapons in Dokic’s home.