Appeals against Srebrenik Crimes Verdict
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The Prosecution and Defence teams presented the Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, FBiH, with their appeals against a verdict pronounced by the Cantonal Court in Tuzla in December 2013, under which Oric was sentenced to four, and Salihovic and Ahmic to one year in prison each for having beaten Savo Tesic up on July 17, 1995. Tesic was killed by unknown soldiers later on.
Federal Prosecutor Nermina Mutavelic requested the Court to increase the sentences against Salihovic and Ahmic, while the Defence teams called on the Court to quash the verdict and return the case to the Cantonal Court in Tuzla or acquit all the indictees of charges.
Amir Omercehajic, Defence attorney of indictee Salihovic, said that none of the pieces of evidence confirmed that his client participated in Tesic’s beating, while Ahmic’s Defence attorney Saban Mujcinovic said that “the indictee’s actions and armed conflict” were not linked in the verdict.
Defence attorney Mirna Delalic, who represents indictee Oric, said that the Supreme Court of the Federation of BiH had already quashed a verdict pronounced by the Tuzla Cantonal Court in this case in September 2013, adding that “the violations of the criminal proceedings have not been eliminated” following the retrial.
“The Defence of Nedzad Oric proposes that the first instance Court’s verdict be quashed and Oric acquitted of charges or a new trial be conducted in order to ensure the indictee’s right to a fair trial,” Delalic said.
The Supreme Court will render a decision concerning these appeals at a later stage.
