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The charges were rejected after the prosecution had given up on the criminal prosecution of the defendant.

Kovacevic was charged with having abused a prisoner of war in the basement of a house in the Modrica area. The prisoner was a member the Bosnian Army who had been captured on a battlefield near Gradacac.

According to the charges, Kovacevic interrogated the captive for an hour or two every day from late April until mid-May 1994. During the interrogations, Kovacevic allegedly swore at the captive while punching him, kicking him, and hitting him with handles and sticks.

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