The appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court confirmed a verdict sentencing Josip Tolic to ten years in prison for crimes committed in Bosanski Brod and Odzak.
The appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court was asked to repeal a portion of the Josip Tolic verdict which acquitted him for seven counts in the indictment. Tolic’s defense has called for a shorter prison sentence or a confirmation of the acquittals. Tolic has been sentenced to ten years in prison for war crimes in Bosanski Brod and Odzak.
The Bosnian state court sentenced a former member of the Croatian Defence Council, Josip Tolic, to ten years in prison for crimes against civilians in towns of Bosanski Brod and Odzak.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has postponed the pronouncement of the first instance verdict against Josip Tolic.
On March 6, Bosnia’s state court will hand down a verdict in the case of Josip Tolic, a former Croatian Defence Council (HVO) soldier accused of committing war crimes in Bosanski Brod and Odzak. The trial took over a year to complete.
In his closing arguments, the defense of former Bosnian Croat fighter Josip Tolic asked the court to acquit him of charges of crimes committed against civilians in Odzak and Bosanski Brod during the Bosnian war. The verdict will be handed down on March 6.
A Defence witness says that he did not see indictee Josip Tolic during the beating of detainee Rade Tomanovic in a sports hall in Odzak.
A Defence witness told the trial for crimes in Odzak and Bosanski Brod that he saw the defendant Josip Tolic hitting prisoners a couple of times, but added that he had to do it.