Mudric said that Mercep did not wear any insignia on his uniform, but that he was known to be the person in charge.
The witness Ana Cicvara said that her husband Mirko Cicvara had disappeared while she had been in Germany. Her neighbour later told her that she had seen Croatian Guardsmen enter their apartment with her husband and that she had thought they had come for a coffee.
Cicvara said that on her return from Germany she had found their apartment in a mess, with things scattered around. She had been accompanied by a man called Pavo Mlinaric, who she said had pointed a gun at her and threatened to kill all her family. She said she had contacted several institutions to report that her husband was missing and that she had been told by the crisis management committee in Pakracka Poljana that she would be sent to the front line if she came again.
The witness said she could not find out what had happened to her husband. "I've heard a lot of stories about what happened to him, and I've concluded that I'd best not think about it," she said.
Ana Arland, whose husband Ostoje Subanovic went missing on October 16, 1991, also testified. She said that her husband had gone to the local outpatient clinic because he was suffering from hernia and had disappeared without trace. She said that only last year had she learned that her husband had been killed.
According to the indictment, Mercep commanded a police reserve unit which was based partly in Pakracka Poljana and partly in Zagreb. He allegedly personally ordered the unlawful arrest of 52 people, mostly Serbs, and the torture and murder of 43 civilians in the Zagreb, Kutina and Pakrac areas from October 8 to mid-December 1991.
The next hearing was scheduled for March 19.