The appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court increased the verdict in the Dragan Sekaric case from 14 to 17 years in prison. Sekaric was found guilty of committing crimes against humanity, including murder and rape, in Visegrad in 1992.
The state prosecution and the defense of Dragan Sekaric has asked the appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court to repeal the verdict in the Sekaric case. Sekaric was sentenced to 14 years in prison for acts of murder and rape committed in the Visegrad area during the summer of 1992.
After a trial that nearly lasted a year, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina will soon be issuing its verdict on the Dragan Sekaric case. Former Bosnian Serb fighter Sekaric has been indicted for crimes against humanity committed in Gorazde and Visegrad during the Bosnian war.
Defense attorney Borislav Jamina requested that the court release his client, Dragan Sekaric, on the grounds that the prosecution has not proven any of the charges made against him.
Presenting its closing statement, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, requests long-term imprisonment for Dragan Sekaric, who is charged with crimes against Bosniaks in the Visegrad and Gorazde area in 1992.
Testifying at the trial of Dragan Sekaric for crimes in Visegrad and Gorazde, a Defence witness says that the indictee visited refugees on Mount Zlatibor, Serbia, twice during 1992 and that he brought them presents.
As the trial of Dragan Sekaric for crimes in Visegrad and Gorazde continues, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, gives up the examination of two witnesses and presents one piece of material evidence.
Testifying at the trial of Dragan Sekaric for crimes in Visegrad and Gorazde, witness Dzenita Muhic says that her father and brother were taken away and that she found her mother’s body in their family house in Dusce village in May 1992.
At the trial for crimes in the Gorazde and Visegrad area the Defence presents a few pieces of material evidence, including medical documentation, confirming that indictee Dragan Sekaric was wounded in June 1992.
A State Prosecution witness says that, on May 25, 1992 she saw a person, whom others called by his nickname Gorazdak [a person from Gorazde], in Rodica Brdo village, Visegrad municipality, recognising the indictee in the courtroom as that person.
Testifying at the trial of Dragan Sekaric for crimes in the Gorazde and Visegrad area, a Defence witness says that the indictee occasionally stayed in Uzice, Serbia, during 1992 and 1993.
Testifying in defence of Dragan Sekaric, a witness says that protected witness S-2 lived in a hut in Dusce village, Visegrad municipality, in the vicinity of the building in which he lives.
Testifying in defence of Dragan Sekaric, a witness confirms that the indictee was member of the Gorazde and Visegrad Brigade of the Republika Srpska Army, VRS.