Prohibiting measures ordered upon Srecko Boskovic
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Boskovic was instead given measures which prohibit him from leaving his place of residence and travelling and meeting with witnesses and other persons, as well as periodical check-ins at the local police station.
The Bosnian prosecution asked for Boskovic to be ordered into custody, while the Defence proposed prohibiting measures instead.
“There is a grounded suspicion, arising from statements given by SB-1 and SB-2, who witnessed the suspect’s crime,” said Prosecutor Predrag Tomic, adding that he referred to murder of an unidentified boy on a dam, near Petkovci, in July 1995.
He pointed out that the suspect lived and worked in Serbia and that he rarely appeared in Zvornik, where he was looked for on several occasions.
“The investigation is still ongoing, so it is necessary to protect witnesses from potential influence,” Tomic said.
The Defence of the suspect objected to custody measure, proposing to the Court to order prohibiting measures, including a ban on contacting eventual accomplices and witnesses and confiscation of travel documents.
“Also, we consider that there is no grounded suspicion, because the Prosecution has neither mentioned the name of the killed boy nor the specific date. My client was not member of any military formations, which is also confirmed by the Prosecution. Therefore, it should be determined whether this refers to a war crime or murder,” Defence attorney Petko Pavlovic said.
He also mentioned that the information that suspect Boskovic lived in Serbia was not correct and that e responded to a call by the State Investigation and Protection Agency, SIPA, right away. Pavlovic pointed out that the Prosecution of BiH had still not provided him with any pieces of evidence.
Prosecutor Tomic mentioned that, in case the Court eventually decided to order prohibiting measures, he would propose that they included confiscation of travel documents and a ban on contacting certain individuals, particularly Ostoja Stanisic and Marko Milosevic.
Ostoja Stanisic and Marko Milosevic are on trial, before the Court of BiH, for having participated in crime on the dam, near Petkovci, where about 1,000 captured Bosniak men and boys from Srebrenica were executed.
