The state prosecution presented material evidence on alleged Bosnian Army payments made to Nihad Bojadzic, a former commander charged with war crimes in Jablanica.
After a trial that lasted nearly five years, the case involving the Bosnian Army attack on the village of Trusina ended. Five former members of the Bosnian Army will receive their verdicts on Tuesday, September 01.
Testifying in his own defense, Nihad Bojadzic said he was in Sarajevo in late July 1993, the time period when he allegedly participated in war crimes in Jablanica.
The Bosnian state court will hand down a verdict in the trial of Mensur Memic, Dzevad Salcin, Senad Hakalovic, Nedzad Hodzic and Nihad Bojadzic on July 13. The defendants have been charged with committing war crimes in the village of Trusina, near Konjic, on July 13, 1993.
A protected state prosecution witness said the Serbian Democratic Party had called for Edhem Godinjak to be dismissed from the post of Trnovos police chief.
On the third day of closing statements, defense attorney Vasvija Vidovic said there was no written order which demonstrated that her client, Nihad Bojadzic, had commanded an attack on the village of Trusina in the municipality of Konjic.
During the first day of closing statements in the trial of five former Bosnian Army soldiers, Nihad Bojadzics defense attorney described what she perceived to be irregularities in the trial. Bojadzic and others have been charged with war crimes in Trusina, in the municipality of Konjic.
On his third day of testimony, defendant Safet Mujcinovic said he didnt receive complaints from Serbs about the behaviour of his subordinate, Nedyad Hodzic. Both Mujcinovic and Hodzic have been accused of war crimes in Kladanj.
At todays hearing of the Nihad Bojadzic trial, the defense presented more than 100 pieces of material evidence, most of which refer to the defendants movements and his status in the period covered by the indictment.
Last year the appeals chambers of the Bosnian court either quashed or significantly amended most of their first-instance war crimes verdicts, sparking criticism of their competence.