The Third Instance Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina reduced the sentence to Sefik Alic for the crimes committed in the territory of Bosanska Krajina from ten to eight years of prison.
After the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, quashed a verdict against Sefik Alic, which had sentenced him to ten years in prison for crimes in Bosanska Krajija, the State Prosecution and Defence present their appeals before the Appellate Chamber.
Former Bosnian Army assistant commander Sefik Alic, convicted of abusing Croatian Serb prisoners of war, was freed on a technicality because the wrong criminal code was used at his trial.
The Appellate Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina pronounced Sefik Alic, former member of the Fifth Corps with the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, guilty of crimes committed in the Bosnian Krajina area and sentenced him to ten years in prison.
After the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Defence presented their closing arguments at the retrial of Sefik Alic, the Appellate Chamber of the State Court announced the second instance verdict would be pronounced on January 20 this year.
The retrial of Sefik Alic, a former member of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ABiH, who is charged with crimes committed against prisoners of war in operation Oluja (Storm), has been completed.
In 2007, the Court of BiH ordered custody for 29 war crimes suspects, some of whom were eventually indicted, while others were released without charge.