The Council of the Appellate Division of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina partially accepted the appeal of the defense of Milan Tršić in the part concerning the sentence and it was reduced from 15 to 13 years, but the rest of the appeal was rejected and the first-instance verdict was confirmed.
The accused was found guilty of being, in the period from April to October 1992, in the territory of the municipality of Bratunac as a member of the Territorial Defense of Bratunac, and later of the Army of the Republika Srpska together with other members of the TO, VRS, Public Security Station Bratunac (SJB Bratunac) and members paramilitary units, with discriminatory intent, persecuted the civilian population of Bosniak nationality on a national, ethnic and religious basis in the area of the village of Hranča and the city of Bratunac by taking lives, imprisonment and other severe deprivation of physical freedom, taking them to camps, contrary to the rules of international law, murders , enforced disappearance, torture and other inhumane acts of a similar nature, committed with the intention of causing great suffering or serious physical or psychological injuries or health impairment.
In 2019, Milan Tršić was deported from the USA, where he lived, to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
By the first-instance judgment of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina dated 13.12.2023. the accused Milan Trišić was declared guilty of committing the criminal offense referred to in Article 172, paragraph 1, point h) in connection with points k), a) and i) of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CPC BiH) with the actions described in the sentence of the first-instance verdict. in relation to points 1 to 9 of the condemning part of the sentence, and everything is specified in detail in the sentence, as a result of which the provisions of articles 39, 42 and 48 of the CCBiH are applied.
By the same verdict, the accused Milan Trišić was acquitted of the charge that by the actions described in the first-instance verdict, he committed the criminal offense under Article 172, paragraph 1, point h) in connection with points i), a), f) and k) of the Criminal Code of BiH, in relation to points 1-5 of the exculpatory part of the sentence, as detailed and specified in the sentence. In relation to the acquittal part of the verdict, in accordance with Article 189, paragraph 1 of the CPC of BiH, the accused was fully exempted from compensation for the costs of the criminal proceedings, and the same fell to the budget funds, while based on Article 198, paragraph 3 of the CPC of BiH, they were damaged with sent to litigation with a possible property claim.
The defense of the accused Trišić filed an appeal against the first-instance verdict, which led to the second-instance verdict. No appeal is allowed against the second-instance verdict, Klix.ba writes.
