Testifying at the retrial of Samir Bejtic, a prosecution witness said a statement he gave about a killed civilian was untrue and given under coercion. Bejtic has been charged with crimes in Kazani near Sarajevo.
The trial of Samir Bejtic has started at the cantonal court of Sarajevo for the fourth time. Bejtic has been charged with crimes committed against the civilian population as well as murders committed in the Kazani area near Sarajevo in 1992 and 1993.
The trial of Samir Bejtic was postponed after both the prosecutor and defense attorney failed to appear at today’s hearing at the cantonal court of Sarajevo. Bejtic has been charged with committing war crimes in Kazani, near Sarajevo.
The Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina repealed a verdict handed down by the Cantonal Court of Sarajevo, which acquitted Samir Bejtic of war crimes charges in Kazani, near Sarajevo.
The cantonal prosecution of Sarajevo has asked the Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to rescind the acquittal of Samir Bejtic. Bejtic’s defense asked the Supreme Court to confirm the acquittal.
After having spent ten years in courtrooms, some of the war-crimes indictees are still awaiting second instance verdicts to be pronounced. Although everything is carried out according to the law, legal experts say that the fact that those trials have still not been completed can not be justified.
Testifying at the trial of Samir Bejtic, who is charged before the Sarajevo Cantonal Court with crimes at Kazani, witness Mevludin Selak says that the indictee was a guard, whom he used to see in front of
the Command of the 10th Mountain Brigade with the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ABiH.
The trial of Samir Bejtic for war crimes at Kazani, near Sarajevo continues with presenting witnesses with their earlier statements given before the Cantonal Court in Sarajevo.