Handing down the verdict, Karlovac County Court judge Ante Ujevic said that the unit under Cekinovic's command was responsible for the persecution of Croats in Gornje Primislje, the murder of civilian Pavo Ivsic and arson attack on his house and for the torture of Tomo Kos.
This was Cekonovic's retrial.
At his first trial before the same court last year he was given a one-year prison sentence. The prosecution appealed the ruling and the Supreme Court ordered a new trial.