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The evidence was not presented in the courtroom, but the Trial Chamber agreed to accept the State Prosecution’s written response containing its objections. The Court will include its assessment of the evidence in the verdict.
Dautovic, Nisvet Gasal, Musajb Kukavica and Enes Handzic are charged with crimes committed against Croats from Bugojno, who were detained, tortured and murdered at various locations in the town in 1993 and 1994.
The indictment alleges that Gasal was Manager and Kukavica was Commander of Guards in the Iskra detention camp, where Croat detainees were held in “inhumane conditions”.
The trial of the four indictees began in February 2008.
The Defence of indictee Dautovic filed 117 additional pieces of material evidence, but because the evidence had not been submitted to the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Court decided the Prosecution would respond to the material “in writing at a later stage”.
Refik Serdarevic, Dautovic’s Defence attorney, said that most pieces of evidence pertained to the findings and opinion prepared by court expert Mile Matijevic, which were presented on December 8 last year.
At this hearing the Trial Chamber accepted a request filed by Handzic’s Defence to examine Fikret Muslimovic, a military expert witness, who will present his findings and opinion about “the military security service and its relation to the military police”.
Muslimovic is due to present his findings at the hearing scheduled for February 23 this year.
The Trial Chamber decided that at the next hearing, which is due to take place on February 16, Gasal’s Defence will present six pieces of material evidence and complete the presentation of evidence.
D.Dz.
