Milan Trisic was legally sentenced to 15 years in prison for crimes against humanity in the Bratunac area.

The Council of the Appellate Division of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued the second-instance verdict in the Milan Trisic case, which partially accepted his defence attorney’s appeal, changing the Court of BiH’s verdict dated December 13 in the part concerning the sentence, in such a way that the accused Trisic was found guilty and sentenced to 13 years in prison.

In December of 2023, Trisic was found guilty by a first-instance verdict which said that he participated in murders, disappearances and inhumane treatment in the Bratunac area in May 1992, as a member of the Territorial Defense and later the Army of Republika Srpska.

He was found guilty on nine counts of crimes against civilians who were detained in the hall of the “Vuk Karadzic” school. Most of the counts refer to inflicting severe suffering on civilians by beating, and one count each to participation in the murder of one detainee and the forced disappearance of three others.

The appeal against the first-instance verdict was filed by the defence of the accused, on the occasion of which the previously cited second-instance verdict was passed. No appeal is allowed against the second-instance verdict.