Bosnian Serb Soldiers Personality Disorder Stops Trial
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The criminal proceedings against Milan Markovic will be interrupted because, due to his permanent personality disorder, he is not fit to stand trial, the presiding judge at the district court in Eastern Sarajevo, Zinaida Husic, explained on Monday.
The court interrupted the trial after testimony from psychiatrist Milan Stojakovic.
The defendant had a catastrophic experience in his past. During the war he took part in several events which lead to his personality disorder. Because of these permanent changes to his character, he is not fit to stand trial, said Stojakovic.
Former Bosnian Serb soldier Markovicwas charged by the district prosecution with beating up and physically abusing imprisoned civilians in the municipality of Sokolac between June 1992 and March 1993.
According to the indictment, he beat up two prisoners with a metal bar and a baton in September 1992 at the police station in Sokolac.
Judge Husic said that proceedings would resume as soon as the defendant is deemed capable of standing trial, if this ever happens.
