The Brcko Appeals Court passed a final verdict to Monika Karan-Ilic, sentencing her to two-and-a-half years of prison for crimes committed against Bosniak and Croat civilians in Brcko.
Monika Karan-Ilic, one of the few women tried in Bosnia for war crimes, has been convicted of torturing and abusing detention-camp prisoners in Brcko and jailed for four years.
The prosecution urged a conviction for Monika Karan-Ilic, one of the only women being tried in Bosnia for war crimes, but the defence said she wasnt guilty of torturing detention camp inmates.
The continuation of the trial of Monika Karan-Ilic, who is charged with crimes in the Brcko area, continues behind closed doors due to a possibility that a witness could be re-traumatised.
The trial of Monika Karan-Ilic was postponed because of the non-appearance of Halid Konjic, a witness for the Brcko District Prosecutors Office. The Trial Chamber issued an order so that he could give testimony at the next hearing.
At the trial of Monika Karan-Ilic for war crimes committed in Brcko, the Elementary Court in Brcko rejected a proposal by the Prosecution to read three witness testimonies.
As the trial of Monika Karan-Ilic continues before the Basic Court of Brcko District, a Defence witness says that he heard that Goran Jelisic mistreated the indictee in 1992.
The first three Defence witnesses, who testify at the trial of Monika Karan-Ilic before the Brcko Basic Court, say that the indictee was in her fathers house at the beginning of May 1992 and that she was sometimes scared and upset.
At the trial of Monika Karan-Ilic, who is charged with crimes in Brcko, continues, court expert Petko Grubac says that witnesses Halid Konjic and Izeta Elezovic, who were proposed by the Brcko District Prosecution, are not capable of testifying due to health problems.
A Brcko District Prosecution witness says that indictee Monika Karan-Ilic threatened him and said that she would kill him at the Police Station in Brcko in May 1992.