Novica Tripkovics defense presented material evidence to the state court, including a book on the testimony of wartime rape victims titled I begged them to kill me.
Novica Tripkovics defense attorney was ordered to obtain permission from the Hague tribunal in order to invite a protected witness known as S5 to testify at the trial.
Findings by a team of psychiatric experts were presented at the Novica Tripkovic trial. The team determined whether Tripkovic was capable of following the trial. Tripkovic has been tried for war crimes in Kalinovik.
Findings by a team of psychiatric experts were presented at the Novica Tripkovic trial. The team determined whether Tripkovic was capable of following the trial. Tripkovic has been tried for war crimes in Kalinovik.
The proceedings against Marinko Bjelica will take place separately from the other defendants accused of committing crimes against civilians in Kalinovik. The trial chamber decided to conduct separate proceedings for Bjelica due to his poor health.
Defense witnesses at the trial of former Bosnian Serb fighter Zoran Bjelica say that he was in Montenegro when alleged crimes he committed in Kalinovik took place.
Testifying in defence of Zoran Bjelica, who is charged with crimes in Kalinovik, witnesses confirm that they did not see the indictee in the Trnovo and Kalinovik area during the war, adding that they heard that the indictee and his family were in Serbia or Montenegro in that period.
Testifying in defence of Zoran Bjelica at the trial of three former members of the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, who are charged with crimes in Kalinovik, witnesses say that they did not see the indictee from May 1992 onwards, because he was in Montenegro.