Post-war Bosnian Serb Prime Minister Gojko Klickovic was acquitted of ordering an attack on Bosanska Krupa and expelling Bosniak civilians during the conflict in 1992.
The retrial of Gojko Klickovic and Mladen Drljaca, who are charged with crimes in Bosanska Krupa, begins with the reading of the indictment and presentation of introductory arguments by the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Defence teams.
The Appellate Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina quashed the first instance verdict which acquitted Gojko Klickovic and Mladen Drljaca of all charges for crimes in Bosanska Krupa, while Jovan Ostojic was acquitted of charges for the same crimes by the second instant verdict.
Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina appealed the first instance verdict which acquitted former Bosnian Serb officials of the charges of war crimes in Bosanska Krupa in 1992.
After the presentation of closing arguments at the trial for crimes committed in Bosanska Krupa, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina denied that guilt admission agreements were proposed to indictees Gojko Klickovic and Jovan Ostojic.
In its closing arguments at the trial for crimes committed in Bosanska Krupa, the State Prosecution says the three indictees are guilty of the crimes for which they are charged, calling on the Trial Chamber to pronounce a sentence prescribed by the law.
The Defence teams of Gojko Klickovic, Mladen Drljaca and Jovan Ostojic have used an array of evidence, presented before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina over the course of the past 18 months, in an attempt to prove that their clients did not participate in crimes committed in Bosanska Krupa in 1992.
At the trial for crimes committed in Bosanska Krupa, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina presented a revised indictment that no longer contains the charge alleging that Gojko Klickovic, Mladen Drljaca and Jovan Ostojic participated in a joint criminal enterprise at the state level.
The trial of Gojko Klickovic, Mladen Drljaca and Jovan Ostojic who are charged with crimes in the Bosanska Krupa area has been postponed until next week.