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.
In at least 12 cases, Bosnian state court and prosecution employees are related to each other – a situation which could create conflicts of interest, experts say.
Testifying at the Nikola Maric trial, a state prosecution witness said Maric was present when her husband was taken to a detention camp. Maric has been charged with war crimes in Prozor.
Following the presentation of closing statements, the appellate chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina is expected to pronounce a verdict in the Zeljko Jukic case on March 3.
The Prosecution and Defence request the Court to quash a verdict under which Zeljko Jukic was sentenced to 13 years in prison for crimes against humanity committed in Prozor in 1993.
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.
Testifying at the trial for crimes in Konjic, a protected State Prosecution witness says that indictee Ibro Macic forced him to have sexual intercourse with other detainees in “Musala” hall and that he physically mistreated him on several occasions.
The Bosnian prosecution demanded that former Bosnian Croat fighter Zeljko Jukic be given the maximum sentence for involvement in the murders, beatings and expulsions of Bosniak civilians in Prozor.
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.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina requests a three-month extension of custody for Nikola Maric, who is suspected of crimes in Prozor, so that new pieces of evidence can be collected.