The court was urged to convict three Bosniaks who are being retried for war crimes at a detention centre in a stadium in Bugojno in central Bosnia where Croat prisoners were abused.
Closing arguments at the trial of three men accused of abusing prisoners in a stadium in Bugojno were postponed after the Bosnian prosecution amended the indictment, five years after the trial began.
The Appellate Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina revokes and quashes a first instance verdict against Nisvet Gasal, Musajb Kukavica and Senad Dautovic and orders a retrial.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina sentences Senad Dautovic to 13 and Nisvet Gasal to six years' imprisonment for crimes against Croats from Bugojno and acquits Musajb Kukavica of the charges.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Defence of Alija Osmic present their appeals to a verdict of March this year under which Osmic was sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment for crimes in Bugojno.
The pronouncement of a verdict against three indictees, who are charged with crimes in Bugojno , has been postponed until November 22, because the Trial Chamber needs additional time for reaching a decision.
The verdict against three indictees, who are charged with crimes in Bugojno, is due be pronounced on October 26 - the Trial Chamber decided following the presentation of closing statements at the trial that has lasted three-and-a-half years.
Courts in Bosnia increasingly rely on guilt pleas to speed up trials secure verdicts but many victims groups feel justice is being sacrificed in the name of expediency.
During the trial for crimes in Bugojno the Defence of Nisvet Gasal and Musajb Kukavica say that the Prosecution has not proved the indictees' responsibility for the detention and torture of prisoners in the "Iskra" stadium detention camp.