Verdict after appeal
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Crime in Knin
On 3 July 2008, the War Crimes Council of the Šibenik County Court found the defendant Saša Počuča guilty of a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the Basic Criminal Law of the RoC (hereinafter: the OKZ RH) and a war crime against war prisoners referred to in Article 122 of... Read more
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Crime in Petrinja 2
The Supreme Court of the RoC, at the session of the Panel held on 28 January 2009, rejected the appeals and upheld the verdict of the War Crime Council of the Sisak County Court, passed in the repeated proceedings, which found the defendants Janko Banović and Zoran Obradović guilty of committing a war crime against... Read more
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Crime in Dalj 3
On 21 April 2008, the Osijek County Court found the defendants Novak Simić, Miodrag Kikanović and Radovan Krstinić guilty for committing a war crime against civilians. The defendant Simić was sentenced to nine years in prison, the defendant Kikanović to five years and six months in prison and the defendant Krstinić to... Read more
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Crime in Cerna
On 14 February 2008, the Vukovar County Court announced a verdict of guilty in the trial against the defendants Tomislav Madi, Mario Jurić, Zoran Poštić, Davor Lazić and Mijo Starčević for committing a war crime against civilians pursuant to Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH. This criminal... Read more
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Crime in Smoljanac
The War Crimes Council of the Gospić County Court repeated the trial (namely the Croatian Supreme Court, by way of decision No. I Kž 423/05 of 21 December 2006 accepted the appeal by the State Attorney and quashed the first-instance not-guilty verdict returning the case to the first-instance court for a new trial) against... Read more
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Crime in Sotin
On 19 July 2007, at the Vukovar County Court, the defendants Živko Opačič and Milan Bjedov were non-validly acquitted of charges for a war crime against civilians referred to in Article 120, paragraph 1 of the Basic Criminal Law of the Republic of Croatia (hereinafter: the OKZ RH). The Supreme Court of the RoC, at... Read more
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Crime in Berak
The Panel of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia partially upheld the appeal lodged by the defendant Stevan Perić and reversed the verdict of the first instance court in the decision on sentence (the War Crime Council of the... Read more
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Crime in Dalj 2
The Supreme Court of the RC, at the session of the Panel held on 4 February 2009, rejected the appeals and upheld the verdict of the War Crime Council of the Osijek County Court dated 29 November 2007 which found the defendant Vlastimir Denčić guilty of a war crime against civilians and sentenced him to four years and six... Read more
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Crime in Pakrac
On 13 November 2007, the main hearing was held before the Požega County Court in the trial case No. K-22/00 against the defendant Predrag Gužvić. The defendant was indicted for committing in Pakrac in 1993 a war crime against civilians under Article 120, paragraph 1 of the OKZRH. His case was... Read more
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Crime in Doljani near Daruvar
A repeated trial was held before the War Crimes Council of the Bjelovar County Court from 5 to 7 November 2007 (namely, the decision of the Supreme Court No. I Kž 790/04-5 of 12 October 2006 upheld the appeal lodged by the State Attorney and quashed the acquitting first instance verdict and the case was reversed to the... Read more