Gotovina defence says Trial Chamber's ruling provides no grounds for conviction

ZAGREB, Sept 3 (Hina) - The defence team representing Croatian General Ante Gotovina before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) claims that the Trial Chamber's judgement provides no grounds for the Appeals Chamber to deliver a guilty verdict against Gotovina for aiding and abetting a joint criminal enterprise or for his command responsibility, calling on the Appeals Chamber to acquit the Croatian general of all responsibility if it finds that he was not a member of the joint criminal enterprise (JCE) or that, as a commander, he was not responsible for war crimes committed during and after the 1995 Croatian military offensive known as Operation Storm, the Hague-based tribunal said on Monday.