The state court has sentenced Ramiz Avdovic and Iulian Nicolae Vintila to three and two years in prison for crimes committed in the former Viktor Bubanj barracks in Sarajevo.
Presenting its closing statement, Iulian-Nicolae Vintila’s defense said the state prosecution had not offered any evidence which indicated the defendant was guilty and called for an acquittal. Vintila and the other defendant in the trial, Ramiz Avdovic, have been accused of committing war crimes in Sarajevo.
On the second day of his closing statement, Ramiz Avdovic’s defense attorney called for a verdict of release for his client, who’s been charged with committing war crimes in Sarajevo in 1992.
Presenting his closing statement, Ramiz Avdovic’s defense attorney said allegations that his client was a commander of prison guards hadn’t been confirmed by material evidence or testimony from prosecution witnesses. Avdovic has been charged with war crimes against Serb civilians in Sarajevo in 1992.
Presenting its closing statement, the state prosecution said it had demonstrated that Ramiz Avdovic and Iulian-Nikolae Vintila are guilty of war crimes committed against Serb civilians in Sarajevo in 1992.
The presentation of evidence at the Ramiz Avdovic and Iulian-Nicolae Vintila trial concluded with a revision of the state prosecution’s indictment. Avdovic and Vintila have been charged with war crimes in the Sarajevo area.
The state prosecution filed the findings of a medical expert testifying at the Ramiz Avdovic and Iulian-Nicolae Vintila trial. The expert’s findings were refuted by the defense.
At today’s hearing of the Ramiz Avdovic and Iulian-Nicolae Vintila trial, court expert Zorica Lazarevic was cross-examined. Lazarevic said based on her expertise and statements given by injured parties, she concluded that prisoners held at the Viktor Bubanj military barracks in the Sarajevo area suffered greatly.
A court expert and neuropsychiatrist testifying at the trial of Ramiz Avdovic and Iulian-Nicolae Vintila said prisoners detained at the Viktor Bubanj military barracks and the central prison experienced severe physical and psychological harm.
During the trial of Iulian-Nicolae Vintila and Ramiz Avdovic, Vintila’s defense attorney presented a few documents issued by the State Commission for the Exchange of Prisoners.
Iulian-Nicolae Vintila’s defense presented evidence which allegedly proved that the Defense Ministry was aware of a military detention unit in the Viktor Bubanj barracks.
At the trial of two former Bosnian security officials, the state prosecution presented three documents in order to discredit claims made by defense witness Sefer Halilovic.