The beginning of the Milenko Krsmanovic trial has been postponed due to the conflicting commitments of the defense attorney and a state prosecution witness.
State prosecutors say lawyer Muhidin Kapo has been threatened with murder, due to his forthcoming testimony in a war crimes trial. Kapo has requested that the case be turned over to the Bosnian state court, because of bad experiences hes had with the court of Eastern Sarajevo.
The State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) arrested Milenko Krsmanovic due to suspicions that he planned to murder Sarajevo attorney Muhidin Kapo, a witness at his upcoming trial.
The Bosnian state court referred the Milenko Krsmanovic case to the district court in Eastern Sarajevo for further processing. Krsmanovic is charged with war crimes against the civilian population in the Sokolac area in 1992.
Bosnias state prosecution has raised an indictment against former Bosnian Serb policeman Milenko Krsmanovic, who is charged with the abuse of a Bosniak civilian in July 1992.
Former Bosnian Serb reservist policemen Predrag Milisavljevic and Milos Pantelic were both sentenced to 20 years in prison for the executions of 48 Bosniak civilians from Visegrad in 1992.
Testifying in defence of Predrag Milisavljevic at the trial for crimes in Visegrad, a witness says that he did not see the indictee arrested civilians.
As the trial for crimes in Visegrad continues, Defence witnesses say that indictee Predrag Milisavljevic was a member of the reserve police forces and that, following the departure of the Uzice Corps in May 1992, he joined a special unit of the Republika Srpska Army, VRS.
Testifying in defence of Predrag Milisavljevic at the trial for crimes in Visegrad, a witness says that he found out about the execution of people near the Paklenik pit, Sokolac municipality, from the media.