News in English     | 19.03.2018. 19:30 |

Jašarević and Velagić sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for war crimes in Livno

FENA Press release

SARAJEVO, March 19 (FENA) - The Appellate Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has confirmed the first instance decision sentencing Muamir Jašarević and Sead Velagić to a total of two and a half years in prison for war crimes against Serb civilians committed in Livno, while Zdenko Andabak was acquitted.

Esad Fejzagić, Andabak's defense attorney, confirmed for the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN BiH) that the first-instance verdict of June 2017 remained the same in its entirety. By that verdict, the Court acquitted Andabak and sentenced Jašarević to one year and six months in prison as an accomplice and co-perpetrator of inhuman treatment of two prisoners and the torture of one. Velagić was sentenced to one-year imprisonment as a co-perpetrator of inhumane treatment of two prisoners at Primary School "Ivan Goran Kovačić".

The First Instance Panel did not find proven that Jašarević, Andabak and Velagić participated in a joint criminal enterprise nor that it was committed in the area of Livno and in the violent resettlement of the Serb population, the unlawful imprisonment and contribution to the abuse system.

According to the judgment, a widespread and systematic attack directed against the Serb population did not occur in Livno, while the analysis found that there was a conflict between the Croat Defense Council (HVO) and the Republika Srpska Army (VRS).

The Panel did not find proven that Andabak and Jašarević had a command role and functions as the BiH Prosecutor's Office alleged in the indictment.

Andabak was also acquitted of the charges of crimes committed in Grborezi near Livno, in a separate trial.

(FENA)
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