OSIJEK, May 27 (Hina) - The Osijek County Court on Thursday confirmed the guilt of members of the "Sodolovci Group" found guilty in a court process held in 1995 for war crimes against civilians during the Serb aggression on Croatia.
The trial in 1993 was held in absentia for all the members. Zeljko Klickovic was sentenced to 15 years in prison, Pero Klickovic, Vujo Halavanja and Marinko Stankovic were sentenced to 11 years in prison, while Goran Vusurovic0's sentence was reduced to eight years in prison, as he had spent the remainder of his sentence in detention. The Sodolovci Group were indicted of shelling eastern Croatian towns of Djakovo, Kesinci, Koritna, Mrzovići, Semeljci and Vladislavci from July 1991 until May 1992, as members of the Teritorial Defence which was part of the Yugoslav People's Army. They did not choose military targets at the time. Ten persons were killed and about 30 injured during the attacks, and gre
OSIJEK, May 27 (Hina) - The Osijek County Court on Thursday
confirmed the guilt of members of the "Sodolovci Group" found
guilty in a court process held in 1995 for war crimes against
civilians during the Serb aggression on Croatia.
The trial in 1993 was held in absentia for all the members.
Zeljko Klickovic was sentenced to 15 years in prison, Pero
Klickovic, Vujo Halavanja and Marinko Stankovic were sentenced to
11 years in prison, while Goran Vusurovic0's sentence was reduced
to eight years in prison, as he had spent the remainder of his
sentence in detention.
The Sodolovci Group were indicted of shelling eastern Croatian
towns of Djakovo, Kesinci, Koritna, Mrzovići, Semeljci and
Vladislavci from July 1991 until May 1992, as members of the
Teritorial Defence which was part of the Yugoslav People's Army.
They did not choose military targets at the time.
Ten persons were killed and about 30 injured during the attacks, and
great collateral damage was caused.
During the trial in absentia in 1995, they had been found guilty,
but, at their request, the Croatian Supreme Court last year allowed
a retrial and that they be set free on bail, except Goran Vusurovic
who was kept in confinement.
Panel of Judges president Ante Budic said that after the
testimonies of numerous witnesses, forensic scientists, the court
had decided that the new trial had not found any new evidence to
change the verdict.
The convicted have the right to file appeals on the verdict within
15 days.
Attorneys for Dragutin Mijoc and Jovan Grubesic said the vertict
was "shocking" and "legally unsustainable", and announced an
appeal to the Supreme Court.
They held there were no facts or proof to support such a verdict.
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