Former soldier Miodrag Markovic, who was convicted of raping an under-age girl near Doboj during wartime, had his sentence reduced from seven to six years on appeal.
At the retrial of Miodrag Markovic, the defense requested a reduced sentence, while the prosecution said Markovics initial sentence should have been longer. Markovic, a former Bosnian Serb Army soldier, was found guilty of the rape of a minor in the municipality of Doboj.
The Appellate Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina dismissed the complaint from the Defence of Miodrag Markovic to the first instance verdict and confirmed it.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has sentenced Miodrag Markovic to seven years in prison for war crimes committed against the civilian population in the Doboj area.
After the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina revised the indictment against Miodrag Markovic, former member of the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, the Trial Chamber set the presentation of closing statements for Wednesday, April 6.
The Defence has completed its presentation of evidence at the trial of Miodrag Markovic, who is charged with crimes committed in Doboj, with the examination of its final witness.
At the trial of Miodrag Markovic, who is charged with crimes committed in Doboj, expert witnesses invited by the Defence cannot confirm that witness Z1’s symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, are caused by rape.
Testifying in his own defence, indictee Miodrag Markovic denies having raped minor Z1 in July 1992, claiming that her family “set him up” in order to have her brother and father released from jail.
The first witness testifying in defence of Miodrag Markovic, who is charged with crimes committed in Doboj, says that in his opinion and on the basis of an investigation he conducted, the indictee did not commit the crime for which he is charged.