Former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Vuk Ratkovic, who was convicted of raping a woman during the war and was on trial again for involvement in kidnapping train passengers who were then killed, has died.
Former Bosnian Serb soldier Vuk Ratkovic’s conviction for the multiple rape of a woman in Visegrad during the war in 1992 and 1993 was upheld on appeal.
Former Bosnian Serb soldier Vuk Ratkovic was sentenced to eight years in prison for the repeated rape of a woman in Visegrad during the war in 1992 and 1993.
The state court in Sarajevo on Wednesday found Vuk Ratkovic, a former member of the Visegrad Brigade of the Bosnian Serb Army, guilty of raping a woman three times in the period between June 1992 and January 1993.
In its closing statement, the prosecution urged the Bosnian state court to convict former soldier Vuk Ratkovic of torturing, abusing and raping a Serb woman in Visegrad during wartime.
After beating and raping a woman in Visegrad during wartime in 1992, a Bosnian Serb soldier ordered her to make coffee, then offered her gold as a gift, the victim testified at his trial.
Former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Vuk Ratkovic - charged with torturing, abusing and raping a Serb woman in Visegrad during wartime because she was married to a Bosniak - went on trial in Sarajevo.