Mitrovic Fails to Appear in Court, Lawyer Blames Poor Health
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Izet Bazdarevic, Mitrovic’s defense attorney said he’d been notified that his client’s health had deteriorated.
“I was told that he was in chemotherapy in this period. I requested that relevant medical documentation be provided, but I still haven’t received it,” Bazdarevic said.
He reminded the court that his client had difficulties speaking due to a throat disease.
Judge Halil Lagumdzija asked Bazdarevic to provide the court with the medical documents referring to all of Mitrovic’s health problems.
“We would also like to find out all the circumstances related to his difficulties speaking. If his disease appeared recently, the defendant might not be able to interpret sign language, so maybe there is no need to recruit a sign language interpreter…As far as the other condition is concerned, we need documentation in order to decide on future steps,” Lagumdzija said.
The Bosnian state prosecution has charged Mitrovic and Glogovac, former members of the Army of Republika Srpska, with causing severe physical and mental pain to civilians and prisoners of war who were held at the Franjo Herljevic hunting lodge in Kamenica, Zavidovici from June-December 1992. The indictment alleges that the defendants acted in collaboration with other members of the Army of Republika Srpska.
The indictment alleges that Mitrovic was a member of the Second Ozrenska Light Infantry Brigade, while Glogovac was a member of military police with the Doboj Operational Group of the First Krajiski Corps.
The trial start date will be set at a later stage.
