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“Indictee Rodic was extremely cooperative with the prosecution. We entered into negotiations with the prosecutor back in February or March. I filed a proposed text of the guilt admission agreement earlier today,” Rodic’s defence attorney Milan Romanic said at a pre-trial status conference.
Ratko Dronjak and Rodic are charged with crimes against humanity and war crimes against prisoners of war committed in the Drvar area from 1992 to 1995.
The indictment alleges that the two men organised the detention of civilians and prisoners of war in the Kamenica detention camp and the Slavko Rodic school building in Drvar where people were tortured, beaten up and killed. The indictment further alleges that Dronjak was manager and Rodic was a guard in Kamenica.
At the status conference, prosecutors announced they would examine 75 witnesses and present many pieces of material evidence. Dronjak’s defence is planning to call 10-15 witnesses.
“As things stand now, a certain number of witnesses do not want to come to Bosnia and Herzegovina. A video link will have to be organised for the testimonies of three witnesses who currently live in Serbia. We will also have so-called unwilling witnesses who were members of the security services of conflicting parties,” said Dronjak’s lawyer Zlatko Knezevic.
The trial begins on September 2.
