. 'Defending myself, I hit him with a closed and then open fist, which I learnt while training kickboxing for four years.' She added: 'In such moments you can only think of the worst. But I fought as hard as I could, and of course I knocked him out.' Milica has received a lot of support from people in Montenegro, including the PM In court, Milica was fined €82 for 'exceeding the necessity of self-defence' and for 'violating public order and peace', which made her feel 'very uncomfortable'. Meanwhile, her attacker had to pay only €370 before being released from prison. Her punishment has been criticised by a number of women's rights organisations in Montenegro. Thousands of people, mostly women, took to the streets in larger cities in protest against sexual violence across the Balkan country in a sign of solidarity with Milica. Prime minister Dritan Abazović even issued a statement about the court's decision calling it 'unfortunately devastating'. He stressed: 'I regret that such examples confirm how necessary we need changes in the judiciary and prosecutor's office.' 'But Milica was not afraid, but bravely and calmly defended herself from the bully, who eventually got the upper hand and was beaten){kind=link}
NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
A woman was fined for fighting back all too well against a man who sexually assaulted her.
Milica Živković walked into court as a victim, but the judge gave her a slap on the wrist for ‘exceeding the necessity of self-defence’.
The 24-year-old was walking home with a friend after a night out at the town of Kolašin, in northern Montenegro, when she noticed a man was following them.
He tried to speak with them, but the two ignored his advances and tried to laugh it off.