Herceg nije bio u Dretelju

Dragan Boskovic said that, in his capacity as HOS member, he stayed in Dretelj during 1992, but he did not see Srecko Herceg in it.

“Srecko Herceg did not attend morning inspections with me. I did not see him in Dretelj. I only saw him in the military barracks in Grabovina in August,” the witness said.

Herceg is charged, along with Ivan Zelenika, Edib Buljubasic, Ivan Medic and Marina Grubisic-Fejzic, with crimes committed in Dretelj. According to the charges, they participated in forcing detainees to perform hard labour and torturing them.

The indictment alleges that Zelenika is a former HOS officer, Herceg was Commander of Dretelj, Buljubasic was Deputy Commander of the military barracks in Dretelj, while Medic and Grubisic-Fejzic were former guards.

Boskovic said that he came to Dretelj in May 1992, adding that “Dida and Sime, who were in charge of the place”, tasked him with bringing food. As he said, Serbs were detained in that building until mid-August.

When asked by the Defence of indictee Grubisic-Fejzic if she was present in Dretelj, the witness said that he had known her from before the war and that he only used to see her during morning inspections.

Second witness Branko Bubalo said that Mirsad Repak brought him to Dretelj on June 12, 1992 and that he was held in it until August 17. A Norwegian court sentenced Repak to eight years in prison for crimes in Dretelj.

“They brought me to the administration building. I was subjected to mistreatment and beating. Dida saved me from the mistreatment. I was taken to another room, where a couple of other detainees had already been. As the number of detainees continued increasing, they transferred us to hangars,” Bubalo said.

Bubalo said that indictee Herceg did not participate in his arrest and mistreatment, adding that he did not even know Herceg. He said that he heard, from the media, that Herceg was on trial, so he decided to testify in his defence.

“When I found out about that, I said: ‘It is better to accuse a hundred guilty persons, than one innocent person’,” the witness said, explaining why he decided to testify.

Indictee Herceg is due to testify in his own defence, along with a new Defence witness, at the next hearing scheduled for February 4.