On July 19, Bralo pleased guilty to all eight counts of the indictment charging him with the persecution as a crime against humanity for taking part in the Ahmici slaughter as well as killing torturing, raping, mistreating and detaining civilians.
The prosecution did not ask Bralo to cooperate in other cases, nor it said it would give him a smaller sentence in return.
The prosecutor stressed that Bralo was only a soldier and perpetrator of crimes and not the person giving orders. The prosecutor, however, underlined Bralo's important role and enthusiasm demonstrated during the attack on Ahmici as well as his cruelty in other crimes.
According to prosecutor Harmon, aggravating circumstances for Bralo are a large number of victims and the humiliation of rape victims, while mitigating circumstances are his voluntary surrender, a guilty plea and his sincere remorse.
Bralo is the first Croat from Bosnia-Herzegovina who pleaded guilty before the trial and the first to admit that the attack on Ahmici was a criminal enterprise, Harmon said.
In the first part of the session which was held behind closed doors, Bralo apologised for the crimes to the families of Ahmici victims.
After the prosecutor the defence is expected to present their arguments regarding the length of the prison sentence.