Former soldier Zoran Dragicevic, on trial for a series of alleged war crimes in the Bosnian capital, did not deport, jail or torture anyone, argued his lawyer.
The Bosnian prosecutor urged the court to convict former Bosnian Serb fighter Zoran Dragicevic of rape, abuse and robbery in the Sarajevo settlement of Grbavica in wartime.
The presentation of evidence at the trial of Zoran Dragicevic, who is charged with crimes in Sarajevo, has been completed with introduction of Defence’s material evidence. Closing statements are due to be presented on October 23.
A statement given by a Defence witness was read at the trial for crimes in Sarajevo. In the statement the witness said that indictee Zoran Dragicevic helped a woman and her son in Grbavica and that the allegation that he raped her was a lie.
During a status conference held as part of the trial for Sarajevo crimes, the Defence of Zoran Dragicevic, also known as Krompir, announces that the indictee will testify in his defence and that a list of planned witnesses includes former senior Republika Srpska officials Biljana Plavsic and Momcilo Mandic, among others.
As the trial for crimes in Grbavica continues, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina presents material evidence in an attempt to prove that Zoran Dragicevic, known as Krompir, was a member of the Republika Srpska Army, VRS, and that he was among the people from whom police searched in the summer of 1992 due to crimes committed in Grbavica.
Testifying at the trial for crimes in Sarajevo, a prosecution witness says another witness told her that she had been raped by indictee Zoran Dragicevic, known as Krompir.
A witness at the war crimes trial of Zoran Dragicevic testified that she felt intimidated into having sex with the Bosnian Serb soldier, but said she was not violently attacked.
A witness at the trial of ex-fighter Zoran Dragicevic for war crimes in Sarajevo in 1992 testified that he and recently-convicted Veselin Vlahovic abducted and assaulted her brother.