Former soldiers Senad Gadzo, Zaim Lalicic and Suljo Hebib were acquitted of wartime crimes including the violent abuse and murder of Serb civilian prisoners in Hrasnica near Sarajevo.
Zaim Lalicic’s defense asked the appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court to repeal the verdict against him or hand down an acquittal. The state prosecution objected to this proposal. Lalicic was sentenced to nine years in prison for crimes committed in the Hrasnica neighbourhood of Sarajevo.
Former Bosnian Army serviceman Zaim Lalicic, who was a guard at a prison camp for Serbs in the Sarajevo settlement of Hrasnica, was sentenced to nine years in prison for crimes against civilians.
The Bosnian state court has postponed its verdict in the Zaim Lalicic case until Monday, May 25. Lalicic, a former member of the Bosnian Army, has been charged with war crimes in the Hrasnica neighbourhood in Sarajevo.
The Bosnian state court will issue a first instance verdict against Zaim Lalicic on May 21. Lalicic has been charged with war crimes in the Sarajevo settlement of Hrasnica, in the municipality of Ilidza.
The Bosnian state prosecution has called for a verdict of conviction in the Zaim Lalicic case. The defense has called for an acquittal. The verdict is scheduled for May 21.
A protected defense witness testifying at the Zaim Lalicic trial said she hadnt heard that the injured party in the case had been raped by the defendant.
Testifying at the Zaim Lalicic trial, defense witness Sead Takac said he knew the injured party known as S.M., but had never heard that she had been raped.