The appeals court upheld the conviction of Serb ex-soldier Najdan Mladjenovic, who was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for his role in torching Bosniak homes in Bratunac in 1992.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, calls on the Court to order a retrial of Najdan Mladjenovic and Savo Zivkovic, who are charged with crimes in Hranca and Glogova villages, Bratunac municipality, or sentence them for the charges of which they were acquitted under the first instance verdict.
Ex-fighter Najdan Mladjenovic was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for his role in torching the homes of Bosniak civilians in the eastern municipality of Bratunac in May 1992.
Lawyers for ex-fighters Najdan Mladjenovic and Savo Zivkovic said the prosecution had not proved that they were guilty of attacking villages, killing civilians and torching houses in Bratunac in 1992.
Presenting its closing statement, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina requests the Court to pronounce Najdan Mladjenovic and Savo Zivkovic guilty of crimes committed in the Bratunac area in 1992 and sentence them in accordance with the law.
After the State Prosecution revises an indictment against Najdan Mladjenovic and Savo Zivkovic, who are charged with crimes in Bratunac, the Defence of the indictees say that they are overtaken by the new charges.
As the trial for crimes in Bratunac continues, an additional State Prosecution witness says that the ranks of the Reconnaissance Squad were filled in April and May 1992, but he does not know whether indictee Najdan Mladjenovic was a member of that Squad.
As the trial for crimes in Bratunac continues, a statement given by late State Prosecution witness is read in the courtroom. In that statement the witness said that she saw indictee Najdan Mladjenovic during an attack on Hranca village on May 3, 1992.
As the trial for crimes in Bratunac continues, a Defence witness says that he was among the men, including indictee Savo Zivkovic, who were present in Hranca village on May 3, 1992, adding that none of them went to the upper part of the village, where there was shooting.
As the trial for crimes in Bratunac continues, a Defence witness says that indictee Sava Zivkovic was with him and other neighbours in a house in Hranca.