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Verdict handed down in the Mirko Pekez and Others case
(22.04.2008. 16:26)

Court of BiH handed down a verdict finding Mirko (Špire) Pekez, Mirko (Mile) Pekez and Milorad Savić guilty of War Crimes against Civilians. Mirko (Mile) Pekez is sentenced to a long term prison sentence in duration of 29 years, whereas Mirko (Špire) Pekez and Milorad Savić is sentenced to a long term prison sentence in duration of 21 years each.

The Accused were found guilty because, during the state of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), they, together with other people, as organised armed group, on 10 September 1992, following a funeral of a killed member of the Republika Srpska Army, the Accused rounded up the Bosniak civilians located in the settlement of Ljoljići-Čerkazovići, Jajce Municipality, with the intent to take them away and kill them at the location known as “Tisovac”. The Court pronounced the Accused guilty because, while armed with automatic and semi-automatic weapons, they unlawfully arrested and forcibly took Bosniak civilians out of their houses and rounded them up at the location known as “Osoje”, then took them all to the location known as “Tisovac”. Once they were at that location, the accused together with other people, ordered them to line up next to the edge of an abyss. When they did so, the armed group, opened fire at them, killing 23 and wounding four persons, while one person remained uninjured.

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Indictments:
Section I   Section I for War Crimes
Section II  Section II for Organised Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption
Section III Section III for all other Criminal Actions from Court of BiH Jurisdiction

Verdicts:
Section I   Section I for War Crimes
Section II 
Section III Section III for all other Criminal Actions from Court of BiH Jurisdiction

All documents provided herein are for information only and are not to be considered as official records of the Court.