The Prosecution asked the Bosnian Federation Supreme Court to give a longer sentence to Zehrudin Scuk for crimes against Serbian civilians in Jablanica in 1993.
An appellate session before the Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, FBiH, in order to discuss a verdict under which Zehrudin Scuk was sentenced to six years in prison for crimes in Jablanica, was postponed, because the indictee and his Defence attorney were not able to appear in courtroom.
The cantonal court in Mostar on Thursday convicted Scuk of the murder of Iva Pavlovic on July 28, 1993 for a second time, after the verdict from a previous trial was quashed by the supreme court and the case sent for retrial.
The retrial of Zehrudin Scuk for crimes in Jablanica begins before the Cantonal Court in Mostar, because the Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, FBiH, quashed a verdict, under which the indictee was sentenced to six years in prison.
The Supreme Court of the Federation of BiH quashes a verdict against Zehrudin Scuk, under which he was sentenced to six years in prison for crimes in Jablanica, and orders a retrial to be held before the Cantonal Court in Mostar.
During an appellate procedure before the Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina the Prosecution requests longer sentence for Zehrudin Scuk, while the Defence proposes either a retrial or verdict of release.
A court in the southern Bosnian town of Mostar has sentenced Zehrudin Scuk to six years in prison for crimes committed against civilians in the territory of Jablanica in 1993.
The Cantonal Prosecution in Mostar requests the Court to sentence Zehrudin Scuk for crimes in the Jablanica area, while the Defence says that the allegations from the indictment have not been proved and that the indictee should be acquitted of charges.
Testifying in his defence at the trial for crimes in Jablanica municipality before the Cantonal Court in Mostar, indictee Zehrudin Scuk says that he was not present in Krkaca village in late July 1993 and that he did not kill Iva Pavlovic.
At the trial of Zehrudin Scuk, who is charged with crimes in Jablanica in July 1993, a court medicine expert says that, following an autopsy of Iva Pavlovics body, she determined that there was a bullet wound on her body.