Serbian President Boris Tadic has pardoned actor Zarko Lausevic, the Serbian Presidency has confirmed to B92.

Lausevic is a Serbian citizen and the president made the decision on Wednesday.

The famous actor, who is currently living in the U.S., was convicted of excessive self-defense in an altercation in a Podgorica cafe in 1993 that left two men dead and one wounded.

Lausevic was sentenced twice to four and a half years in prison. A Podgorica court sentenced him to 13 years in prison at the latest trial.

The public prosecutor postponed his imprisonment at the time and a warrant for his arrest was also withdrawn.

The Serbian Pardon Committee sent a recommendation to Tadic to pardon the actor in September.