Abduladhim Maktoufs defense attorney requested that the appellate chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina reduce Maktoufs sentence from five years to one year in prison.
The Hague tribunal has warned Bosnian Serb ex-president Radovan Karadzic and his legal adviser to stop delaying his trial with frivolous motions that do not help his case.
The former deputy commander of Croatian Defence Forces wartime Dretelj detention camp admitted that he abused Serb prisoners in 1992 and begged for their forgiveness.
Defendant Oliver Krsmanovic said he saw the body of Hamed Oprasic being taken away along the Drina river in a communal factory car in 1992.
Former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Dragan Sekaric was sentenced to 14 years in prison for rape and murder in the village of Kosovo Polje in the Visegrad municipality in 1992.
Last year the appeals chambers of the Bosnian court either quashed or significantly amended most of their first-instance war crimes verdicts, sparking criticism of their competence.
A state prosecution witness spoke of police beatings and unlawful detainment in Bileca during the Bosnian war.
More than four years since the beginning of the trial, next week the State Prosecution is due to present a closing statement at the trial of five former members of...
The Hague Tribunal rejected five former Bosnian Serb Army officers appeals against their convictions for war crimes including genocide against Bosniaks from Srebrenica in 1995.