A disciplinary prosecutor requested that Bosnian state prosecutor Mirko Lecic be found guilty of negligence in dealing with a war crimes investigation in the Ilijas area.
State-level prosecutor Mirko Lecic is accused of negligently stalling an investigation into war crimes against Serb civilians in a village near Sarajevo for over four years.
Testifying at the trial of Oliver Krsmanovic, prosecution witness Kasim Dedic confirmed that a notebook which was presented to him in the courtroom belonged to him. The notebook contained his recollections of significant events he witnessed during the Bosnian war.
A protected witness testifying before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), said that Oliver Krsmanovic was one of the paramilitary fighters who killed Bosniak civilians by shutting them into a burning house.
Serbia sentenced Bosnian Serb fighter Oliver Krsmanovic to 20 years in prison over the killing of 16 Bosniaks in Sjeverin in 1992, but he cannot be jailed for the crime in Bosnia for legal reasons.
At the trial for crimes in Visegrad, the Defence said that The Hague tribunal has yet to issue a final decision about their request regarding protected witnesses.
During a hearing held before the Appellate Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirko (son of Mile) Pekez requests the renewal of trial following the revocation of a second instance verdict, under which he was sentenced to 29 years in prison for crimes committed in the Jajce area.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina files a custody order motion for Mirko (son of Spiro) Pekez, Mirko (son of Mile) Pekez and Milorad Savic, who were released from serving their sentence for war crimes, due to a danger that they might flee, influence their accomplices and disturb public order.
The Bosnian state court confirmed the indictment of former fighter Josip Tolic for allegedly participating in the abuse, torture and rape of Serb civilians in Odzak and Bosanski Brod in 1992.