Slunj
КТRZ 11/07
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Persons indicted |
1 |
Rank(s) of person(s) indicted |
lower military |
Indictment date |
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Case stage |
finally resolved |
Duration of proceedings since trial commencement |
1 year 3 months |
Witnesses examined |
11 |
Date and outcome of the first instance verdict |
8 years in prison |
Date and outcome of decision on appeal |
The Appellate Court altered the lower court's judgment and sentenced the defendant to 10 years in prison. |
Date and outcome of verdict in new trial |
/ |
Criminal offence |
war crime against civilian population under art. 142 (1) re art. 22 (co-perpetration) of the FRY Criminal Act |
Background facts |
According to the court's findings, the defendant, at the relevant time member of the Republic of Srpska Krajina's armed force, aided and abetted by another fellow soldier, killed a Croat civilian, medical doctor by profession, with several gunshots. The incident occurred in the area of Slunj, Croatia in the night between 22 and 23 December 1991. |
Procedural remarks |
In the aftermath of proceedings conducted in absentia before the County Court in Karlovac, Croatia, defendant AA was sentenced to 12 years in prison. His accomplice MG was also found guilty and sentenced by that court. As AA was not available to Croatia's authorities, the Croatian State Prosecutor's Office referred evidence in this case to the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor. |