Leader of the Civic Initiative SDP Oliver Ivanovic was sentenced to nine years in prison at the proceeding against him and four other Serbs. The trial was briefly interrupted at about 10.20 a.m. due to technical problems with microphones. As the technical issue failed to be resolved, the trial continued without sound half an hour later.
Ivanovic has been charged with the criminal offense of war crimes against civilians in 1999 and 2000. In the indictment were also included retired Colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Dragoljub Delibasic, lawyers Ilija Vujacic and Nebojsa Vujacic and professor Aleksandar Lazovic, who were acquitted of charges.
A total of 81 witnesses were heard in a trial that lasted more than a year.
International Panel of the Basic Court in Mitrovica north was presided by the Romanian Judge, Roksana Komsa.
