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  Branislav Medic
  Slobodan Milosevic
  Pero Petrasevic
  Aleksandar Vukov
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Slobodan Medic

context : Former Yugoslavia Search
judgement place : Serbia Search
status : Sentenced
particulars : Sentenced on 10 April 2007 to 20 Years imprisonment for violation of the customs of war
position : Commander of the paramilitary group 'Scorpions'
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Slobodan Medic was arrested in June 2005, days after the video footage was shown at the trial of former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic at The Hague.

The Prosecutor of the Serbian War Crimes Chamber in Belgrade brought charges against him and four others (Medic’s brothers Aleksandar and Branislav Medic, Pero Petrasevic, and Aleksandar Vukov, (see “related cases“) in October 2005.

Their trial began on 20 December 2005 in Belgrade.

On the first day of the trial, Slobodan Medic insisted that he had not ordered the killings. However, he admitted that he could not control soldiers who wanted to avenge family members killed by Muslims. He added also, that had he known that the video footage would become public, he would have "killed like a rabbit" the Serb soldier who filmed the killings.

The Defence lawyers argued in vain that the video footage be excluded from the evidence provided to the court, since it was not an original and therefore should not be allowed by law.

On 10 April 2007 the Serbian War Crimes Court sentenced Slobodan Medic to 20 years imprisonment for violation of the laws and customs of war.
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  last time seen :
  Belgrade (Serbia and Montenegro)
  period of charges :
 16.07.1995 - 17.07.1995
  judgement period :
  20.12.2005
  charges :
  Crimes against humanity
War crimes
  profile last modified :
  14.12.2009
 
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