The state prosecution has called for the repeal of a first instance verdict handed down against Jasmin Coloman, acquitting him of charges of crimes against the Croat population in the Vitez area in 1993.
After a trial that has lasted eight months, the Bosnian state court will hand down a verdict in the Jasmin Coloman trial on July 6. Coloman, a former member of the Reconnaissance Squad of the Seventh Muslim Brigade of the Bosnian Army, has been charged with killing and wounding civilians in Poculica, near Vitez.
The Bosnian state prosecution called upon the state court to find Jasmin Coloman guilty of murdering and wounding civilians in Poculice, near Vitez. The defense called for a verdict of release.
The presentation of evidence at the Jasmin Coloman trial concluded with testimony from Coloman and the presentation of material evidence by the defense.
The first defense witness at the Jasmin Coloman trial, said he was with Coloman in the village of Krcevine in April 1993, at the time of his alleged crimes.
At the trial for crimes committed in the Vitez area, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, reads a statement given by a deceased witness who said that he was present in the Centre in Poculice, when detainees were shot at.
The State Court terminates custody for Jasmin Coloman, a former member of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, who is on trial for crimes against civilians in Vitez and orders prohibiting measures instead.
Testifying at the trial of Jasmin Coloman, a State Prosecution witness says that he heard from his neighbour that some prisoners were wounded and killed in the Youth Centre in Prnjavor.
The witness for the state prosecution at the trial of Jasmin Coloman said that in 1993 he heard Croats were killed in the village of Poculice near Zenica, but that he had no concrete knowledge about it.
The trial of Jasmin Coloman, who is charged with crimes in Vitez, has been postponed, because a State Prosecution witness fails to appear.
The State Prosecution requests the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, BiH, to extend custody for Jasmin Coloman, who is on trial for having murdered Croat civilians in Poculice village, Vitez municipality. The Defence objects to the motion.