In its closing statement, the state prosecution asked the court to sentence Nikola Maric to long term imprisonment for committing crimes against humanity in the Prijedor area.
Testifying in his own defense, defendant Nikola Maric said he didn’t kill prisoner Munib Grcic in a secondary school center in Prozor. The state prosecution’s indictment has accused Maric of his murder.
A military expert testifying for the defense at the Nikola Maric trial said there was no evidence that the defendant was a member of the command chain of the Croatian Defense Council.
Defense witnesses testifying at the Nikola Maric trial said they didn’t see the defendant during deportations nor did they see him accompanying able-bodied men to detention camps in Prozor.
A defense witness testifying at the Nikola Maric trial said the defendant saved his life on August 28, 1993. Maric has been charged with crimes against humanity in the Prozor area.
A defense witness testifying at the Nikola Maric trial said the defendant saved her life and that of her children, when his brother wanted to call them.
A defense witness testifying at the Nikola Maric trial said he and the defendant apprehended Bosniak men in the Prozor area but didn’t use any force during their arrests.
Defense witnesses testifying at the Nikola Maric trial said they hadn’t heard that the defendant participated in acts of abuse, persecution and murder in the Prozor area.
A state prosecution witness testifying at the trial of Nikola Maric said he was taken captive upon Maric’s orders in Prozor in 1993.