15. January 2015.
The Bosnian constitutional court has put a stop to the releases of war crimes convicts whose verdicts are quashed because the wrong criminal code was used at their trials.
Person: Kovac Anto
8. January 2015.
The appeals court reduced the prison sentence given to former Bosnian Croat fighter Ante Kovac, convicted of illegal detentions and rape in Vitez in 1993, from nine to eight years.
12. November 2010.
Ante Kovac, former member of the Croatian Defence Council, has been sentenced under a second instance verdict to nine years in prison for crimes against civilians in Vitez.
3. November 2010.
In its closing arguments at the retrial for crimes committed in Vitez, the State Prosecution says that indictee Anto Kovac is responsible for the crimes and calls on the Appellate Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to sentence him in accordance with the law.
15. September 2010.
Testifying for the Defence of Ante Kovac, a witness said the indictee was not Commander of the Police Squad with the Vitez Brigade of the Croatian Defence Council during the course of 1993, adding he was just an ordinary “brigade policeman”.
23. July 2010.
At the retrial of Ante Kovac conducted before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina a defence witness said he did not know that the indictee was commander of the Military Police Unit with the Vitez Brigade of the Croatian Defence Council, HVO, in April 1993.
14. July 2010.
The retrial of Ante Kovac who is appealing the guilty verdict handed down for crimes against civilians including rape, forced labour and looting in central Bosnia today heard from three witnesses.
12. May 2010.
The retrial of Anto Kovac, former Commander of the Military Police Squad of the Croatian Defence Council, started before the Appellate Chamber with opening statements and presentation of the evidentiary proceedings.
30. June 2009.
The defence for Ante Kovac claims much of the blame for the crimes with which he is charged lies with a person who has already been sentenced by The Hague.
26. June 2009.
Indictee Ante Kovac's son testifies for his Defence, claiming that all the people in Vitez were "shocked" when his father was arrested.
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