The district court of Eastern Sarajevo ordered a new expert evaluation of the injured party at the trial of three defendants charged with crimes Rogatica. According to the charges, the injured party was wounded and his father was killed by the defendants.
A status conference established that a court expert testifying for the district prosecution of Eastern Sarajevo would testify again at the retrial of Dragisa Cacic, Milenko Cacic and Vojo Motika.
During a status conference held prior to the beginning of the retrial for Rogatica crimes a proposal is made not to invite witnesses and Prosecution’s experts, except neurologist and psychiatrist Alma Bravo-Mehmedbasic, to testify again.
The Supreme Court of Republika Srpska quashes a verdict, under which Dragisa Cacic, Milenko Cacic and Vojo Motika were acquitted of all charges for crimes against the civilian population in Rogatica in 1992.
Testifying at the trial for crimes in Rogatica, a Defence witness says that, in 1993 indictee Vojo Motika was a guard in “Rasadnik” detention camp, where Bosniaks were detained and from which they were taken to other locations to perform forced labour.
Testifying at the trial for crimes in Rogatica, five Defence witnesses say that they heard or saw soldiers, who assessed the terrain in August 1992, pass Starcici village accompanied by a boy, but that indictees Dragisa and Milenko Cacic did not participate in that.
The examination of six witnesses at the trial for crimes in Rogatica before the District Court in Eastern Sarajevo has been postponed due to the absence of the Prosecutor.
The District Court in Eastern Sarajevo decides to postpone the continuation of the trial for crimes in Rogatica after the Trial Chamber Chairwoman determined that indictee Vojo Motika was not capable of following the trial, because he was visibly drunk.
Testifying at the trial for crimes committed in Rogatica before the District Court in Eastern Sarajevo, Defence witnesses say that unknown soldiers escorted a boy from Starcici village.
Testifying at the trial for crimes in Rogatica, a court expert in psychiatry says that witness Meho Dzananovic experienced a severe trauma in 1992, but he is capable of testifying.