The cantonal court of Mostar has sentenced Esad Gakic and Ramo Zilic to a total of five and a half years in prison. Gakic has been sentenced to one year and a half in prison, while Zilic has been sentenced to four years in prison.
Presenting its closing statement before the cantonal court of Mostar, the prosecution called upon the court to find Ramo Zilic and Esad Gakic guilty of war crimes in the Konjic area. The defense proposed a verdict of release.
A prosecution witness testifying at the Esad Gakic and Ramo Zilic trial said no prisoners were abused during his term as prison manager at the Musala prison facility in Konjic.
A defense witness testifying at the Ramo Zilic and Esad Gakic trial said he never saw Zilic. The same witness said he used to see Gakic at the Musala detention camp in Konjic, but didnt know his name at the time.
Testifying in his own defense, former military policeman Esad Gakic said he worked as a guard at the Musala detention camp but didnt enter locker rooms where Serb prisoners were detained.
Testifying at the Ramo Zilic and Esad Gakic trial, prosecution witness Dragan Kuljanin said the defendants beat him during his detention at the Musala detention camp.
Testifying at the trial of Ramo Zilic and Esad Gakic, a witness said he wasnt aware of the torture and abuse of prisoners held at the Musala detention facility in Konjic. The witness, Ismet Mehic, was the head of a war commission which took statements from prisoners of war.
Testifying in his defense, Ramo Zilic told the cantonal court of Mostar that he did not beat prisoners while he was a guard at the Musala school building in Konjic.
Testifying at the trial of Ramo Zilic and Esad Gakic for crimes in Konjic, a court medicine expert says that one of the injured parties had burns and contusions.