ZAGREB, April 26 (Hina) - The Croatian Supreme Court has turned downappeals by indictees Hrvoje Petrac and his son Novica Petrac andupheld the verdict pronounced by a lower-instance court sentencingHrvoje Petrac to six years and
Novica Petrac to three and a half yearsin prison for their involvement in the kidnapping of the under-age sonof retired General Vladimir Zagorec.
ZAGREB, April 26 (Hina) - The Croatian Supreme Court has turned
down appeals by indictees Hrvoje Petrac and his son Novica Petrac and upheld
the verdict pronounced by a lower-instance court sentencing Hrvoje Petrac to
six years and Novica Petrac to three and a half years in prison for their
involvement in the kidnapping of the under-age son of retired General Vladimir
Zagorec. According to the decision released on the Supreme Court's
web site on Wednesday, a retrial of one of the masterminds of the abduction,
Ivan Matekovic, and his brother Libero, is to be organised.
Other men involved in the February 2004 kidnapping of Zagorec's son,
Marinko Gosuljevic, Sinisa Jezovita and Stevo Smrcek, will also go on trial
again.
The prison sentences of another two accomplices, Ivan Bastalic and
fugitive Nikola Matekovic, were confirmed by the Supreme Court, which means
that they are final now.