Prohibiting Measures for Ilija Juric Requested

The Prosecution said that Juric had citizenship of Croatia and that he worked in Austria, saying that there was a danger that he might influence witnesses.

Prosecutor Miroslav Janjic said that there were general conditions for ordering prohibiting measures against Ilija Juric, but he did not specify at the hearing what measures he proposed. He called on Article 126 of the Criminal Code of BiH, which covered a wide range of prohibiting measures.

He said that the Prosecution had not requested stricter measures, because the suspect had co-operated with the Prosecution.

According to Janjic, the grounded suspicion arose from statements given by two witnesses, one of whom had previously testified in another case, referring to rape, before this Court.

The Defence did not object to the State Prosecution’s proposal, proposing to the Court to order Juric to report to police every seven days.

It was not said at this hearing what crimes Juric is suspected of.