Persons indicted

Defendant: АА

Rank(s) of person(s) indicted

lower military

Indictment date

06/18/2012

Case stage

finally resolved

Duration of proceedings since trial commencement

2 years 4 months

Witnesses examined

7

Date and outcome of the first instance verdict

07/01/2013

First-instance judgment: 20 years in prison

Date and outcome of decision on appeal

10/29/2014

Decision on appeal: 15 years in prison

Date and outcome of verdict in new trial

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Criminal offence

war crime against prisoners of war under article 144 of the FRY Criminal Act

Background facts

According to the court findings, the defendant - at the time part of the Vukovar Territorial Defence force - was present in the shooting platoon which killed approximately 200 Croat prisoners of war at the Ovčara farm outside Vukovar, Croatia. See the Ovčara I.

Procedural remarks

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