Former Bosnian Army soldier Edin Dzeko was sentenced to 13 years in prison for taking part in the killings of Croats in the village of Trusina near Konjic in the spring of 1993.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, and Defence present their appeals, before the Appellate Chamber of the Court of BiH, against a first instance verdict, under which Edin Dzeko was sentenced to 12 years in prison for crimes in Trusina village, Konjic municipality.
Former Bosnian Army soldier Edin Dzeko was jailed for 12 years over the killings of six Croat fighters and a civilian couple in the village of Trusina near Konjic in 1993.
The verdict against Edin Dzeko, who is charged with crimes against Croats in Trusina village, near Konjic and Jablanica, is due to be pronounced on June 6, the Trial Chamber announced following the presentation of the Defences closing statement.
The defence for former Bosnian Army soldier Edin Dzeko, charged with executing six Croats in 1993, said that witnesses who accused him of the killings were lying to avoid prosecution.
The defence lawyer for Edin Dzeko, a former member of the Bosnian Armys Zulfikar Squad, said he was not guilty of executing six Croats in Trusina in 1993.
The Bosnian State Prosecution, in its closing arguments, called for former Bosnian Army fighter Edin Dzeko to receive a long sentence for crimes committed against Bosnian Croats in Konjic and Jabhlanica in 1993.
During their presentation of evidence, which lasted about seven months, the Defence presented evidence which deny Dzekos guilt and thus challenged the witness testimonies of the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina who were accusing Dzeko.
After having accepted a revised indictment against Edin Dzeko, former member of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who is charged with crimes in Konjic and Jablanica, the Trial Chamber schedules the presentation of State Prosecutions closing statement for April 8.
At the trial of Edin Dzeko, the Bosnian Prosecution introduced into evidence documents to try and prove that the Zulfikar Unit which the defendant was part of the Bosnian Army Main Headquarters in 1993.