Crime in Ravni Kotari
On 11 February 2010 the main hearing commenced in the Zadar County Court in the trial against Nedjeljko Janković, indicted for committing a war crime during October and November 1991 against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH.
On 15 March 2010, he was found guilty and sentenced to 6 years in prison.
Appellate session of the Council of the VSRH was held on 20 October 2010. The VSRH upheld the first instance verdict.
INDICTMENT (SUMMARY)
The defendant was charged that in October and November 1991, as a member of the 180thmotorised brigade of the 9th JNA Corps, he himself and together with Slavko Đokić, member of the same unit, intimidated Croats in Zemunik Gornji and Jagodna Donja with the purpose of forcing them to leave their homes and the territory of the so-called RSK by plundering civilian population and destroying their property.
You can see the Indictment here (in Croatian).
GENERAL INFORMATION
County Court Zadar
Case file number:K-43/09
War Crimes Council: judge Dijana Grancarić - Council President, judges Enka Moković and Milan Pečina - Council Members
Indictment of the Zadar ŽDO (County State Attorney's Office) No. KT-23/96 of 03 August 2009.
Prosecution: Radovan Marjanović, the Zadar County Deputy State's Attorney
Criminal act: a war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH
Defendant: Nedjeljko Janković, detained in the Zadar prison from 22 April 2009.
Defence: Luka Šušak, a lawyer practising in Zagreb
Victims (seized money and/or destroyed property): Jandra Žepina, Ika Žepina, Ružica Žepina, Zorka Žepina, Ranko Kovačević, Boris Guša, Branko Guša and Duje Žepina
VERDICT
On 15 March 2010, the Zadar County Court pronounced a verdict in which the defendant Nedjeljko Janković was found guilty (on all counts of the indictment) and sentenced to 6 years in prison. This prison sentence included the period of his time of arrest from 12 August 2008 until 22 April 2009, his time spent in detention from 22 April 2009 onwards, and two years of his time serving the prison sentence in Valjevo prison based on the Banja Luka Military Court's ruling of 23 March 1992.
Detention against the defendant was extended.
Appellate session of the Council of the VSRH was held on 20 October 2010. The VSRH upheld the first instance verdict.
Zločin u Ravnim Kotarima - Izvještaji sa suđenja