VERDICTS SELECTED

Summary: Tomislav Duic, Tonci Vrkic, Miljenko Bajic, Josip Bikic, Davor Banic, Emilio Bungur, Ante Gudic and Andjelko Botic, all former members of the Croatian military police in Split, were acquitted of war crimes against civilians by Split county court in November 2002. The supreme court voided the judgment in March 2004 and returned the case […]

Tomislav Duic, Tonci Vrkic, Miljenko Bajic, Josip Bikic, Davor Banic, Emilio Bungur, Ante Gudic and Andjelko Botic

Summary: Tomislav Duic, Tonci Vrkic, Miljenko Bajic, Josip Bikic, Davor Banic, Emilio Bungur, Ante Gudic and Andjelko Botic, all former members of the Croatian military police in Split, were acquitted of war crimes against civilians by Split county court in November 2002. The supreme court voided the judgment in March 2004 and returned the case to the county court. Duic and Vrkic were then sentenced to eight years in prison and all the others to six years in prison each for physically and mentally abusing, torturing and killing two civilians in the Lora prison in Split between June and September 1992. Bikic was retried and sentenced to four years in prison in December 2009, while Bajic was retried and sentenced to four and a half years in prison in June 2012.

Resources

  • Final judgement (Josip Bikic)

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  • Final judgment

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  • First instance judgement (part 2)

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  • First instance judgement (part 1)

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  • Amended indictment

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  • Indictment

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BIRN Court Reports

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Dane Radocaj

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    Udbina, Croatia

  • COURT:

    Supreme Court of Croatia, County Court of Rijeka

  • DATES OF PROCEEDINGS:

    December 01, 2014 until October 06, 2021

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Djoko Jaksic

  • CRIME LOCATION:

    Saborsko, Croatia

  • COURT:

    Supreme Court of Croatia, County Court of Zagreb, County Court of Karlovac

  • DATES OF PROCEEDINGS:

    January 01, 1994 until November 16, 2021

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Djordje Rkman

  • CRIME LOCATION:

    Djakovo, Croatia

  • COURT:

    Supreme Court of Croatia, County Court of Osijek

  • DATES OF PROCEEDINGS:

    January 01, 1994 until June 16, 2021

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Dragan Birac

  • CRIME LOCATION:

    Hrvatska Kostajnica, Croatia

  • COURT:

    Supreme Court of Croatia, County Court of Zagreb

  • DATES OF PROCEEDINGS:

    April 08, 2019 until March 02, 2021

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Dragan Cavic

  • CRIME LOCATION:

    Nova Drencina, Croatia

  • COURT:

    Supreme Court of Croatia, County Court of Zagreb

  • DATES OF PROCEEDINGS:

    November 20, 2019 until December 07, 2021

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Milan Velebit

  • CRIME LOCATION:

    Gornje Taboriste, Croatia

  • COURT:

    Supreme Court of Croatia, County Court of Zagreb

  • DATES OF PROCEEDINGS:

    February 27, 2019 until February 04, 2021

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