The state prosecution called upon the appeals chamber of the Bosnian state court to increase the sentence against Ibro Macic. Macic’s defense requested that the court either renew the trial or hand down an acquittal.
The Bosnian state court will pronounce a first instance verdict against Ibro Macic, accused of having committed war crimes in Konjic, on April 17.
Testifying at the trial for crimes in the Konjic area, the first Defence witness says that indictee Ibro Macic is not the person who punished him by ordering additional hours of keeping guard in “Musala”.
As confirmed by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to BIRN Justice Report, a second instance verdict has been pronounced against Osman Brkan, acquitting him of charges for crimes in Blace village, near Konjic.
Presenting its appeal against a verdict of release against Osman Brkan, the Prosecution says that the Trial Chamber was wrong when it decided not to believe a witness, who accused him of participation in the murder of four old women in Blace, near Konjic, on June 13, 1992. The Defence requests the Court to confirm the first instance verdict.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina acquits Osman Brkan of the charges for crimes in Blace village, near Konjic, in 1992 due to a lack of evidence.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina calls on the State Court to sentence Osman Brkan for the murder of four old women in Blace village, Konjic municipality, while the Defence says that a verdict of release would be the only fair decision.
As the trial for crimes in the Konjic area continues, indictees Osman Brkan and Ibro Macic testify in their defence. During their testimony they say that they did not shoot at old women in Blace village.
Testifying at the trial for crimes in the Konjic area, Prosecution witnesses say that they were beaten up by indictee Ibro Macic in the “Musala” detention camp.
During the continuation of the trial for crimes in Blace, Konjic municipality, State Prosecution witnesses say that their parents told them that immobile old ladies were killed in that village.
At the trial for the crime committed in Blace, the witness for the prosecution said that a woman named Jasminka issued an order that the bodies of murdered old women be set on fire.