Dražen Lovrić, legally sentenced to one year in prison for crimes against the civilian population committed in 1993 in the area of Mostar, replaced the prison sentence with a fine in the amount of 36,500 BAM, it was confirmed for Detektor by the State Court.
After the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed the first-instance verdict by which Lovrić, a former member of the Croatian Defense Council (HVO), was sentenced to one year in prison, the Court issued a decision replacing the prison sentence with a fine.
Lovrić was convicted of participating in the illegal arrest of several civilians from Mostar’s Omladinska Street in September 1993 who were taken and imprisoned in the “Vojno” camp.
Together with Lovrić, former HVO members Nedžad Tinjak were sentenced to 12 years, and Jure Kordić, to three years in prison, while Dario Sušac, Nuhan Šikalo, Dario Mihalj, Stanko Škobić, Tomislav Ančić and Slavko Golemac were acquitted.
According to the first-instance verdict, Tinjak was found guilty on several counts for participating in the illegal arrest of Bosniak civilians in Mostar in 1993, who were taken and imprisoned in the “Vojno” camp, as well as for inhumane treatment of them, and the rape of two women.
Kordić was found guilty on two counts – for participation in illegal arrest and inhuman treatment in “Vojna”, while his participation in the murder was not proven.
Tinjak was acquitted of part of the charges, and Sušac, Šikalo, Mihalj, Škobić, Ančić and Golemac of all counts of the indictment related to illegal imprisonment, torture, inhuman treatment and rape of civilians who were detained in inhumane conditions in the “Vojno” camp since 1993 until 1994.
The trial in this case began in May 2018, and in the meantime, two defendants – Nedžad Ćorić and Marinko Šunjić – died.
