A protected witness testifying at the trial of Muhko and Safet Velagic said he saw Muhko Velagic beating Iviva Lozancic in Vrbanja near Bugojno.
The defense of Ilija Djogatovic has called upon the Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to acquit him or revoke the first instance verdict against him. Djogatovic has been sentenced to six years in prison for crimes committed in the Donji Vakuf area. The prosecution is asking that the appeal be rejected and the first instance verdict confirmed.
The cantonal court of Novi Travnik has confirmed an indictment against Jozo Lovrenovic, also known as Cole, charging him with crimes against prisoners of war in the municipalities of Jajce and Mrkonjic Grad.
The Bosnian state court has decided that the cantonal court of Novi Travnik is responsible for processing the case against Safet and Muhko Velagic. The defendants, both former members of the Bosnian Army, have been charged with war crimes in the Bugojno area.
On the eve of the Milorad Topic trial, the cantonal court of Novi Travnik declared itself incompetent to handle the case. Topic has been charged with war crimes in Gornji Vakuf/Uskoplje.
The cantonal court of Novi Travnik said it was not the competent court to process the case of two former members of the Bosnian Army charged with war crimes in Bugojno.
The cantonal court of Novi Travnik sentenced Josip Relota to 11 years in prison for crimes against civilians in Busovaca.
Testifying in his own defense at the cantonal court of Novi Travnik, Josip Relota said he didn’t murder civilians in the village of Luke in the municipality of Busovaca.
The Bosnian Federation Supreme Court confirmed a first instance verdict handed down by the cantonal court of Novi Travnik against Miroslav Skoro and Dalibor Milos, which acquitted them of charges of war crimes in the Kiseljak area.
The Bosnian state prosecution has called upon the federal supreme court to confirm Dalibor Milos’ acquittal and to order a retrial for Miroslav Skoro.
The cantonal court of Novi Travnik sentenced Josip Maric to one year in prison.