A Croatian court has endorsed the Bosnian war crimes and murder convictions of Dominik Ilijasevic, who absconded from prison in Mostar and resurfaced on an Adriatic island.
Former Croatian Defence Council serviceman Ermin Curtic was jailed for five and a half years for crimes against Bosniak civilians in the Vares area in October 1993.
At the end of the retrial of Ermin Curtic, the Cantonal Prosecution in Sarajevo calls on the Court to sentence him for crimes committed in Vares municipality, while the Defence calls for a verdict of release.
The Kiseljak Municipal Court has drafted the request for acknowledgement and execution of court order for convict Dominik Ilijasevic called Como, who fled to Croatia, whose citizenship he has, in late September.
At the retrial of Ermin Curtic, who is charged with crimes in Vares municipality, the Defence gives up the examination of previously-proposed witnesses, because it has not been able to locate them.
The agreement on execution of court verdicts between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia has still not been applied in the case of fugitive Dominik Ilijasevic, known as Como, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison for war crimes and murder.
During the retrial of Ermin Curtic, who is charged with crimes in Vares municipality, witness Anton Safner says that he saw the indictee on Perun Hill on the day when Stupni Do village was attacked.
The trial of Ermin Curtic, who is charged with crimes committed in Vares municipality, has been postponed due to the absence of four Defence witnesses.
At the retrial in the case of Ermin Curtic for the crime committed in Stupni Do village, a defence witness stated that he had not seen the accused during the attack.