Veteran Hague Tribunal judge Jean-Claude Antonetti has withdrawn from the chamber making the final decision on Serb paramilitary Milan Lukics bid to overturn his life sentence, arguing that he is not impartial.
A witness testifying for the cantonal prosecution of Bihac said Milan Lukic beat him and abducted his uncle from his home in Kljuc in the summer of 1992.
Testifying at the Milan Lukic trial, witness Milanko Marjanovic told the cantonal court in Bihac that residents from the village of Pudin Han didnt tell him that Lukic was a suspect in the killing of two people.
Milan Lukic, who was sentenced to life in prison for crimes committed in Visegrad, wants to be transferred from an Estonian prison due to the language barrier and because his family lives far away.
Witnesses testifying at the Milan Lukic trial described the defendants involvement in the murders of civilians Ibrahim Draganovic and Ibrahim Kumalic in 1992.
Defense witnesses at the trial of former Uzamnica camp guard Goran Popovic said that the camp guards didnt mistreat detainees, but rather paramilitary formations led by Bosnian Serb commander Milan Lukic.
Two protected witnesses who had previously testified against Serb paramilitary leader Milan Lukic at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) had their testimony replayed at the trial of Oliver Krsmanovic, an alleged accomplice of Lukic.