The Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has increased prison sentences for Mijo Banovic and Gojko Granic, both convicted of crimes committed against civilians during the Bosnian war.
In its appeal against a verdict pronounced by the Mostar Cantonal Court the Federal Prosecution requests the Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, FBiH, pronounces longer sentences against Mijo Banovic and Gojko Granic for crimes against civilians in Dretelj, while the Defence requests the acquittal of the two indictees or a retrial.
The Cantonal court in Mostar has convicted two former Bosnian Croat fighters, Mijo Banovic and Gojko Granic, of committing war crimes at the Dretelj detention camp in 1993.
Testifying in their defence before the Cantonal Court in Mostar, indictees Mijo Banovic and Gojko Granic say that they almost never visited the Dretelj detention camp.
As the trial of Mijo Banovic and Gojko Granic, who are charged with crimes in Dretelj detention camp, Capljina municipality, in 1993, continues, Prosecution witnesses describe how indictee Banovic mistreated them physically.
Testifying for the Mostar Prosecution at the trial for crimes in Dretelj, Capljina municipality, a witness says that detainees had to lie on a concrete floor and that Gojas soldiers then kicked them while wearing boots.
Mijo Banovic and Gojko Granic appear before the Cantonal Court in Mostar and plead not guilty of the charges that they committed crimes in Dretelj, Capljina municipality, while indictee Ado Alagic fails to appear at the hearing.