The Ilija Juric trial began with a reading of the indictment and the presentation of the state prosecutions introductory statement before the Bosnian state court.
The wife of Marijan Brnjic said her husband wasnt in the country when his alleged crimes took place. She said he was in Germany in May 1992 and only returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina twice during the war.
The Bosnian state prosecution presented material evidence, including lists of military conscripts, at a trial for war crimes committed in Odzak allegedly committed by four former members of the Croatian Defence Council.
Testifying against former Croat fighters accused of rape and sexual abuse, state prosecution witness Suzana Jesic said she was raped by former Croatian Defence Council soldier Mato Brnjic in July 1992. She was fourteen at the time.
State prosecution witness Smilja Ninkovic said that victim Ljubica Lesic told her that she had been raped by members of the Croatian Defence Council in 1992.
Testifying at the trial for crimes in Odzak, a State Prosecution witness says that his mother was raped after having been taken from an acquaintance's house in the summer of 1992.
As the trial for crimes in Odzak continues, a State Prosecution witness says that she recognised indictees Brnjic, Barukcic and the Glavas brothers as those who separated her from her son in May 1992.
Recent decisions by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to close war crimes trials to the public in order to protect the private life of the indictees, has faced strong condemnation from victims representatives and NGOs.
As the trial for crimes in Odzak continues, a late witness statement is read. In that statement the witness said that Martin Barukcic and Marijan Brnjic raped her in June 1992.