Witness Said He Didnt Know of Rape at Savic Trial
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The state prosecution has charged Slavko Savic, a former member of the Light Infantry Brigade of the Bosnian Serb Army, with the rape of a woman in Semizovac in the municipality of Vogosca, in May and June 1993. The injured party has testified at this trial under the pseudonym A.
The witness, Milos Jovanovic, said he knew A, who who used to work at his cafe during the war.
She worked there just before the end of the war, during the last year of the war, if I remember it well, Jovanovic said. He said he didnt know Savic well.
Prosecutor Vladimir Simovic asked Jovanovic whether A had had some kind of relationship with Savic. Jovanovic said he didnt know.
When asked by the defense whether he could force anyone to work for him, Jovanovic said he couldnt, and that he paid A for her work.
He said he did not remember whether Savic had a vehicle or an incident in which he had saved A from some soldiers.
In response to evidence presented by the defense, the prosecution invited A and her daughter to testify again, but their testimonies were closed to public. The public was also not allowed to listen to testimony by Razija Sejdic, for technical reasons.
The trial will continue on May 11.
