Trial of Mladić helpers in doubt

The resumption of the trial of 12 people accused of aiding Ratko Mladić is in doubt after the first-accused fell ill.

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Monday, 03.12.2007.

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The resumption of the trial of 12 people accused of aiding Ratko Mladic is in doubt after the first-accused fell ill. The trial has been scheduled for Thursday at the Second District Court. Trial of Mladic helpers in doubt Djogo will not appear at the main hearing, his lawyer, Djordje Kalanj, told Tanjug. Tanjug was told at court that the trial had been arranged for Thursday, when the Council will decide as to how the trial should proceed. The law states that for the main hearing to take place, all the defendants must be present. The main hearing took place on June 7 this year, when the Court turned down a prosecution proposal for the two cases to be split. On March 8, Djogo underwent an operation at the Military-Medical Academy before being discharged on March 26. He is now receiving home treatment. Thus far, all the accused, except retired officer Marko Lugonja, who admitted harbouring Mladic for five or six days at his flat in Belgrade in September 2002, have denied the charges, claiming they did not hide the general. Other than Djogo and Lugonja, the other defendants accused of aiding and abetting are Stanko Ristic, Blagoje Govedarica, Ljiljana Vaskovic, Sasa Badnjar, Predrag Ristic, Ratko Vucetic, Borisav Ivanovic, Bojan and Tatjana Vaskovic. They are charged with harbouring and helping Mladic in other ways “over a long period“, even though they knew that the Hague Tribunal had launched criminal proceedings , charging him on 15 counts.

Trial of Mladić helpers in doubt

Đogo will not appear at the main hearing, his lawyer, Đorđe Kalanj, told Tanjug.

Tanjug was told at court that the trial had been arranged for Thursday, when the Council will decide as to how the trial should proceed. The law states that for the main hearing to take place, all the defendants must be present.

The main hearing took place on June 7 this year, when the Court turned down a prosecution proposal for the two cases to be split.

On March 8, Đogo underwent an operation at the Military-Medical Academy before being discharged on March 26. He is now receiving home treatment.

Thus far, all the accused, except retired officer Marko Lugonja, who admitted harbouring Mladić for five or six days at his flat in Belgrade in September 2002, have denied the charges, claiming they did not hide the general.

Other than Đogo and Lugonja, the other defendants accused of aiding and abetting are Stanko Ristić, Blagoje Govedarica, Ljiljana Vasković, Saša Badnjar, Predrag Ristić, Ratko Vučetić, Borisav Ivanović, Bojan and Tatjana Vasković.

They are charged with harbouring and helping Mladić in other ways “over a long period“, even though they knew that the Hague Tribunal had launched criminal proceedings , charging him on 15 counts.

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