On the eve of the Milorad Topic trial, the cantonal court of Novi Travnik declared itself incompetent to handle the case. Topic has been charged with war crimes in Gornji Vakuf/Uskoplje.
The cantonal court of Novi Travnik said it was not the competent court to process the case of two former members of the Bosnian Army charged with war crimes in Bugojno.
Testifying in his own defense at the cantonal court of Novi Travnik, Josip Relota said he didn’t murder civilians in the village of Luke in the municipality of Busovaca.
The Bosnian Federation Supreme Court confirmed a first instance verdict handed down by the cantonal court of Novi Travnik against Miroslav Skoro and Dalibor Milos, which acquitted them of charges of war crimes in the Kiseljak area.
A protected witness testifying at the Josip Relota trial said the defendant and others killed three of his neighbours in the village of Luka in Busovaca in January 1993.