Presenting its closing statement at the trial for crimes in Stolac and Capljina, the Defence calls on the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to pronounce a verdict of release against indictees Veselko Raguz and Ivo Raguz. The verdict will be pronounced on December 30.
Presenting her closing statement at the trial for crimes in Stolac and Capljina, the State Prosecutor says that it has been proved that Ivo and Veselko Raguz committed war crimes against the civilian population and that they should be sentenced according to the law.
The presentation of evidence at the trial of Veselko and Ivo Raguz, who are charged with crimes in Stolac and Capljina, has been completed after almost two years.
By presenting the remaining pieces of material evidence in response to Defences evidence, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina completes the presentation of evidence at the trial of Veselko and Ivo Raguz, who are charged with crimes in Stolac and Capljina.
After presenting three pieces of material evidence at the trial for crimes committed in the Capljina and Stolac area the Defence of indictee Veselko Raguz completes the presentation of its evidence.
As the trial for crimes in the Stolac and Capljina area continues, a court expert in military issues says that the documents he has reviewed do not contain evidence that members of the Fourth Battalion of the Brigade disarmed Bosniak members of that unit or participated in the arrest and detention of civilians during the summer of 1993.
Testifying in defence of Veselko Raguz at the trial for crimes in the Stolac and Capljina area, a witness says that he has not heard that the first indictee participated in the disarming and arrest of Muslim soldiers in that area.
Testifying in defence of Ivo Raguz, who is charged with crimes in Stolac and Capljina, a witness says that the allegations by a State Prosecution witness, who said that he used to see him in Kostana hospital in 1993, are not true.
As the trial for crimes in the Stolac and Capljina area continues, the Defence of indictee Veselko Raguz presents statements by witnesses Esad Ratkusic and Zijo Vukicevic, trying to prove that their testimonies before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina were untrue.