Post-war Bosnian Serb Prime Minister Gojko Klickovic was acquitted of ordering an attack on Bosanska Krupa and expelling Bosniak civilians during the conflict in 1992.
The pronouncement of a second instance verdict against Gojko Klickovic and Mladen Drljaca, who are charged with crimes in Bosanska Krupa, has been postponed until May 7.
Presenting their closing statements, the Defence of Gojko Klickovic and Mladen Drljaca urge the Appellate Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to acquit the indictees of the charges for crimes in Bosanska Krupa. The verdict is due to be pronounced on April 29.
At the retrial of former Bosnian Serb officials Gojko Klickovic and Mladen Drljaca, charged with expelling Bosniaks from Bosanska Krupa, the prosecution demanded a guilty verdict.
The retrial of Gojko Klickovic and Mladen Drljaca, who are charged with crimes in Bosanska Krupa, begins with the reading of the indictment and presentation of introductory arguments by the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Defence teams.
The Appellate Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina quashed the first instance verdict which acquitted Gojko Klickovic and Mladen Drljaca of all charges for crimes in Bosanska Krupa, while Jovan Ostojic was acquitted of charges for the same crimes by the second instant verdict.
Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina appealed the first instance verdict which acquitted former Bosnian Serb officials of the charges of war crimes in Bosanska Krupa in 1992.
After the presentation of closing arguments at the trial for crimes committed in Bosanska Krupa, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina denied that guilt admission agreements were proposed to indictees Gojko Klickovic and Jovan Ostojic.
In its closing arguments at the trial for crimes committed in Bosanska Krupa, the State Prosecution says the three indictees are guilty of the crimes for which they are charged, calling on the Trial Chamber to pronounce a sentence prescribed by the law.