Ovčara III (AA)
КТRZ 4/03
Persons indicted |
Defendant: AA |
Rank(s) of person(s) indicted |
lower military |
Indictment date |
|
Case stage |
finally resolved |
Duration of proceedings since trial commencement |
1 month 24 days |
Witnesses examined |
7 |
Date and outcome of the first instance verdict |
20 years in prison |
Date and outcome of decision on appeal |
15 years in prison |
Date and outcome of verdict in new trial |
/ |
Criminal offence |
war crime against prisoners of war under art. 144 in re art. 22 (co-perpetration) of the FRY Criminal Act |
Background facts |
The court found that the defendant, acting as a member of the Vukovar Territorial Defence force, had been present in the shooting platoon which had killed approximately 200 Croats - prisoners of war at the Ovčara farm outside Vukovar, Croatia. See Ovčara I. |
Procedural remarks |
After a trial in absentia before the court in Osijek, Croatia, the defendant was sentenced to 12 years in prison. The defendant was subsequently arrested in Norway pursuant to an international arrest warrant and extradited to Serbia. |