The District Court in Banja Luka has sentenced a former Bosnian Serb policeman to eight years of prison for the murder of three Bosniak civilians in August 1992.
Testifying at the trial of Mirko Popovic, who is charged with crimes in Bosanska Gradiska, Prosecution witness Ferid Begovic says that an acquaintance of his told him that he saw the indictee with three Bosniak boys, who were later killed.
Witness Hava Husedzinovic says before the District Court in Banja Luka that she recognised Mirko Popovic by his voice, adding that he killed her son Aldo and two other boys.
The trial of Mirko Popovic, who is charged with crimes in Gradiska, is due to begin on June 13, as decided at a preparatory hearing held at the District Court in Banja Luka.