The presentation of evidence at the trial of Zoran Dragicevic, who is charged with crimes in Sarajevo, has been completed with introduction of Defences material evidence. Closing statements are due to be presented on October 23.
A statement given by a Defence witness was read at the trial for crimes in Sarajevo. In the statement the witness said that indictee Zoran Dragicevic helped a woman and her son in Grbavica and that the allegation that he raped her was a lie.
During a status conference held as part of the trial for Sarajevo crimes, the Defence of Zoran Dragicevic, also known as Krompir, announces that the indictee will testify in his defence and that a list of planned witnesses includes former senior Republika Srpska officials Biljana Plavsic and Momcilo Mandic, among others.
As the trial for crimes in Grbavica continues, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina presents material evidence in an attempt to prove that Zoran Dragicevic, known as Krompir, was a member of the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, and that he was among the people from whom police searched in the summer of 1992 due to crimes committed in Grbavica.
Presenting their closing statements, the Defence of Gojko Klickovic and Mladen Drljaca urge the Appellate Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to acquit the indictees of the charges for crimes in Bosanska Krupa. The verdict is due to be pronounced on April 29.
A witness at the war crimes trial of Zoran Dragicevic testified that she felt intimidated into having sex with the Bosnian Serb soldier, but said she was not violently attacked.
As agreed at a status conference held before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the trial of Zoran Dragicevic for crimes in Grbavica, Vraca and Kovacici in 1992 is due to begin on February 27 with the reading of the indictment and the presentation of the State Prosecutions introductory statement.
Detainees were beaten, humiliated and murdered by detention camp guards in the Sarajevo suburb of Hadzici, a witness told a war crimes trial in the Bosnian capital.
The State Prosecution requested that the custody of Zoran Dragicevic, accused of crimes in the Sarajevo neighborhoods of Grbavica, Kovacic and Vraca, be extended. The Defence sought release.