The six former JNA members - Mladjen Govedarica, Zlatko Tarle, Boro Gligic, Spiro Lucic, Ivo Gojnic and Ivo Menzalin - were sentenced in May 2010 to a total of 16.5 years in prison for the torture, inhumane treatment of and infliction of bodily harm on 169 prisoners of war and civilians. The verdict was quashed by the Montenegrin Appellate Court, following appeals filed by the defence teams.
At the start of the retrial, the prosecutors insisted that the defendants had committed war crimes against prisoners of war as well as against civilians, although the defence insisted on dropping charges for the torture of civilians, referring to the judgement made by the appellate court.
Around 300 prisoners passed through the camp at Morinj, near the Montenegrin coastal town of Kotor.
Three inmates died there and 56 died subsequently from the consequences of the beatings and psychological terror, one of the witnesses said during the trial.
All indictees pleaded not guilty.
Ivo Menzalin, who was on the run during the first trial, today again dismissed the accusations.
Menzalin is being held in custody during the retrial, while the other five indictees are not behind bars.