Prosecution Seeks Extension of Restrictions to Josipovic
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The prosecutor, Ibro Bulic, said that it was a case in which a large number of witnesses was planned to be examined, many of whom were subordinated to Miodrag Josipovic, adding that it should be ensured that the process is conducted without pressure and influence on the witnesses.
Bulic proposed to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to extend the measures of ban on travel, contact with witnesses and regular check-up by the police at the defendant’s place of residence.
Josipovic’s defence requested that the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina abolish restrictive measures or reduce them, more precisely to allow the defendant to stay, except at his home address in Bratunac, with his old mother in the village near Skelani.
The defence specified that beside his mother, Josipovic has to take care of his sick wife.
The prosecution explained it would not oppose the reduction of measures, as long as the police check-up is conducted in Skelani too.
Josipovic, former chief of police in Bratunac, is charged together with Branimir Tesic, former deputy police commander in Bratunac, with aiding and abetting the Srebrenica genocide in the period between July 12 and 19, 1995.
The prosecution charges Josipovic and Tesic with participating on July 12 and 13 in the guarding and forced moving of civilian population from Potocari, separation of men from their families, as well as transport and locking up of over 1,000 Bosniak men and boys in Bratunac.
Tesic was arrested in early September this year and remanded in custody because he was considered a flight risk and that he could influence witnesses and accessories.
