Bosnian Serb apologizes to victims
Dragan Zelenović publicly apologized to his victims at the sentencing hearing in The Hague Friday.
Saturday, 24.02.2007.
13:26
Bosnian Serb apologizes to victims
Late last year Zelenović pleaded guilty to seven counts of the indictment against him.In his brief address to the Trial Chamber at yesterday’s sentencing hearing Zelenović said he was aware of the fact that "no sentence could erase the trauma the victims undeservedly suffered".
Presiding judge Moloto wanted to know when exactly the accused started to feel remorse.
It happened when he was indicted, Zelenović replied. “At that moment I started to believe in God,” he added.
When asked why, if he already felt remorse, he decided to escape to Russia in August 2001 instead of turning himself to the Tribunal, Zelenović answered that he was advised by "some people from Russia" in Belgrade.
Zoran Jovanović, Zelenović's defense counsel pointed to mitigating circumstances that the Chamber had to take into account when deciding what sentence to impose.
Zelenović's admission that rapes did happen in Bosnia "is of great importance", Jovanović said, adding that in his view, it can be regarded as "a contribution to the reconciliation process".
On the other hand, the prosecution believes that the Chamber should bear in mind the gravity of the offences the accused committed when considering the sentence, regardless of the guilty plea and the fact that the victims were spared the ordeal of giving evidence and coming face to face with the accused.
Zelenović pleaded guilty in January 2007 to seven counts in the indictment charging him with rape and torture of Bosniak women in Foča in 1992.
Among his victims was a 15-year old girl. The prosecution called for a 10 to 15 years sentence while the defense suggested 7 to 10 years in prison. The recommendations are not binding on the Trial Chamber and it can impose either a harsher or a milder sentence.
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