Bosnian Army Ex-Troops Appeal Convictions for Crimes Against Croats
Four former Bosnian Army soldiers appealed against their convictions for crimes against Bosnian Croat civilians at a detention facility in the village of Kruscica, near Vitez in 1993.
Defence lawyers for Bosniak ex-soldiers Minet Akeljic, Saban Haskic, Senad Bilal and Hazim Petkovic appealed at the Bosnian state court on Thursday to have the verdict convicting them overturned, or a retrial held.
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In October 2018, the state court in Sarajevo sentenced Akeljic and Haskic to seven years each, Bilal to eight years and Petkovic to five years in prison for the physical, mental and sexual abuse of Croat civilians in 1993 at a detention facility in the village of Krusica known as Crna Kuca, or the Black House.
The prosecution meanwhile appealed for the Bosnian Army ex-soldiers’ sentences to be increased.
The court will deliver its ruling at a later date.
