The decision on setting detention will most probably be made early next week, the court said.
Earlier this month the Croatian Supreme Court granted the state prosecutor's appeal and annulled the Split County Court's first instance verdict in the Lora case which acquitted eight former military police officers of war crimes against civilians.
The Supreme Court returned the case to the court of first instance for a retrial before a different panel of judges. The Supreme Court said in its ruling, among other things, that the court of first instance failed to establish facts and hear witnesses from Serbia.
A five-member panel of judges presided by Slavko Lozina in November 2002 unanimously acquitted Tomislav Duic, Tonci Brkic, Miljenko Bajic, Josipc Bikic, Davorc Banic, Emilijo Bungur, Ante Gudic, and Andjelko Botic after a six-month trial during which some 60 witnesses were questioned. Witnesses from Serbia and Montenegro were not heard after failing to respond to repeated summonses.