The Defence has completed its presentation of evidence at the trial of Miodrag Markovic, who is charged with crimes committed in Doboj, with the examination of its final witness.
At the trial of Miodrag Markovic, who is charged with crimes committed in Doboj, expert witnesses invited by the Defence cannot confirm that witness Z1’s symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, are caused by rape.
Testifying in his own defence, indictee Miodrag Markovic denies having raped minor Z1 in July 1992, claiming that her family “set him up” in order to have her brother and father released from jail.
Bosnia and Herzegovinas Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN B&H) has launched a series of new projects in 2010, by which it intensified the work on informing the public about the war crimes trials, and thus achieved significant results in the sixth year of its existence
Republika Srpska justice minister says confusion about respective powers of Bosnias State Court and courts in the Bosnian Serb entity needs clearing up.
The first witness testifying in defence of Miodrag Markovic, who is charged with crimes committed in Doboj, says that in his opinion and on the basis of an investigation he conducted, the indictee did not commit the crime for which he is charged.
At the trial for crimes committed in Doboj municipality a Prosecution witness identifies the indictee in the courtroom as the person she says raped her underage daughter.
Opening arguments in the trial of Miodrag Markovic who is charged with crimes against civilians committed in the Doboj municipality will be heard on September 7.
Prosecutors told a pre-trial status conference that they would examine five witnesses, including one who will testify under protective measures and a court expert.
The trial for crimes committed in Doboj municipality in 1992 has begun with the presentation of introductory arguments by the State Prosecution and Defence.
As the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina completed its presentation of evidence at the trial of Miodrag Markovic today, it challenged the indictee's statement at a recent hearing.