Former Bosnian Serb Army serviceman Oliver Krsmanovic was sentenced to 18 years in prison for crimes against humanity including the killings and forced disappearances of Bosniaks in Visegrad in 1992.
In its closing statement, Oliver Krsmanovics defense called on the court to hand down a verdict of acquittal, claiming that none of the 11 counts charging Krsmanovic with war crimes in Visegrad had been proven.
The presentation of evidence at the Oliver Krsmanovic trial ended with the screening of a documentary on the abduction of civilians from Sjeverin in Serbia. Krsmanovic has been charged with war crimes in Visegrad.
Testifying at the trial of Oliver Krsmanovic, prosecution witness Kasim Dedic confirmed that a notebook which was presented to him in the courtroom belonged to him. The notebook contained his recollections of significant events he witnessed during the Bosnian war.
A protected witness testifying before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), said that Oliver Krsmanovic was one of the paramilitary fighters who killed Bosniak civilians by shutting them into a burning house.
Two protected witnesses who had previously testified against Serb paramilitary leader Milan Lukic at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) had their testimony replayed at the trial of Oliver Krsmanovic, an alleged accomplice of Lukic.