The defence lawyer for former prison warden Branko Vlaco said the evidence at his trial proved that he helped rather than abused prisoners at detention centres in Vogosca near Sarajevo.
Presenting its closing statement, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, requests the Court to sentence indictee Branko Vlaco to long-term imprisonment for crimes committed in the Vogosca area.
A first witness, testifying in defence of Branko Vlaco, who is charged with crimes in the Vogosca area, says that men from Gornja Bioca, who were capable of military service, stayed in a school building voluntarily.
Branko Vlaco, who is charged with crimes committed in detention facilities in Vogosca, fails to appear in court, so the Trial Chamber postpones the examination of his first Defence witness.
Branko Vlaco, who is charged with crimes committed in detention facilities in Vogosca, fails to appear in court, so the Trial Chamber postpones the examination of his first Defence witness.
At the trial for wartime crimes at Bosnian Serb detention camps in Vogosca near Sarajevo, a forensics expert said exhumed victims remains showed signs of violent assaults.
The Trial Chamber sitting at the trial of Zemir Kovacevic, who is charged with the murders of civilians in Sijekovac village, Bosanski Brod municipality, is due next week to examine protected witness M, who previously testified for the Prosecution.
At the trial for crimes in Vogosca, the Bosnian State Prosecution introduced around 60 pieces of evidence, to which Branko Vlacos Defence objected to 20.
The State Prosecution includes, in the case file, 200 pieces of material evidence against Branko Vlaco, who is charged with crimes in the Vogosca area.