Defendant Nedzad Hodzic is refusing to co-operate with doctors and hiding his true mental condition, so it is impossible to carry out an adequate examination, concluded neuro-psychiatrist Omer Cemalovic.
Following a request by the Defence of Nedzad Hodzic for a new expert examination of the indictee, the Trial Chamber will set a date for the beginning of the trial for crimes on Mount Igman in 1993 at a later stage.
A former Bosnian serviceman pleaded not guilty to torturing and mutilating Serb and Croat prisoners at Mount Igman near Sarajevo in 1993, but his fellow ex-soldier refused to enter a plea.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina requests an extension of custody for Nedzad Hodzic, who is suspected of crimes in the Igman area. The Defence objected to the proposed measure.
Former Bosnian Army soldiers Nedzad Hodzic and Dzevad Salcin, already on trial for war crimes, have been indicted again for torturing and sexually abusing Serb and Croat prisoners.
There are some who believe, particularly the victims of war crimes, that the expert analysis of indictees, which decides whether an indictee is fit to stand trial for war crimes before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is in fact an unnecessary drain on budgetary resources and obstructs the court proceedings.