Companying with Injured Party

Nail Rizvanovic, former policeman in Kula Banjer neighbourhood, Visoko, said that it was reported to him that Asim had taken the injured party away and that she had been raped.

He said that he spoke to his neighbours and found out that the two of them had known and companied with each other from before. 

“Later on, when I realised who they were, I remembered having seen Asim Kadic in a café before the war. He would sit there, look through the window, wait for her to pass by and go out. They would then leave together. I assume that they had had a previous agreement about that,” Rizvanovic said.

The indictment charges Kadic, former member of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ABiH, with having raped a female person in Kula Banjer in June 1992. 

The Defence invited Enver Buza, the then Commander of a unit to which Kadic belonged, to testify as witness at this hearing. 

“I would put my hand in the fire to prove that the indictee did not commit the crimes charged upon him. He is a special person. He filed a report against a volunteer, saying that he had killed two Serbs. The man is now serving his sentence in Zenica. I do not know what will happen to Asim once the man gets out of prison,” Buza said.

He specified that he had known the indictee since July 1992. 

As the hearing continued, court expert Emira Ejubovic appeared again. She repeated her previous findings that the injured party experienced a severe trauma, and that she suffered from chronic post-traumatic stress disorder caused by rape and repeated examinations following the initiation of this process.

The Defence objected by saying that the medical documents referring to the injured party contained no indications of trauma, adding that the Prosecution was just trying to compensate for the lack of evidence.  

The trial is due to continue on November 28.