Defense witness testifying at the Jasmin Sehagic trial said they didn’t know prisoners were mistreated in the detention facility the defendant managed. Sehagic has been charged with war crimes in the Kakanj area.
The retrial of Franjo Pravdic, charged with war crimes in Zepce, has been completed. The cantonal court of Zenica will hand down a new verdict in the case on November 11.
A defense witness was examined at today’s hearing of the retrial of Franjo Pravdic at the cantonal court of Zenica. The witness was examined on Pravdic’s appearance at the time of his alleged crimes in Zepce, and the physical similarities between the defendant and his uncle, Stipe Pravdic.
A statement given by a defense witness in the Jasmin Saric and Sedjad Djerahovic trial was presented at today’s hearing. In the statement, the witness said he heard that the defendants weren’t the soldiers who were seen taking away civilians Andjelko, Nedeljko and Veseljko Bozic in the summer of 1992.
Testifying in his own defense before the cantonal court of Zenica, Zeljko Rakic said he left Bosnia and Herzegovina in late April 1992 and didn’t participate in the Bosnian war.
The Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has reduced the sentence against Perica Adzic by a year and four months. He has now been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison.
The Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina repealed a verdict which sentenced Hajrudin Dedic to six years in prison. Dedic, a former police officer in Breza, was found guilty of torturing and treating civilians in Breza in an inhumane manner.