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preceding the sending of the SJB officers and policemen to the SAO SBWS. However, in the
absence of any further evidence in this respect, the majority, Judge Picard dissenting, is
unable to determine the role of the Serbian DB or the Accused in dispatching the Serbian
MUP SJB officers and policemen to SBWS, or in the training of SBWS TO and police forces
or the setting up of new police stations in the area.
2255. In respect of subsequent training activities, the Trial Chamber recalls its finding in
chapter 6.3.3 in relation to the Ležimir camp that from May 1992, the Accused organized the
training of members of Witness JF-047’s SBWS MUP group at Ležimir.
2256. The Trial Chamber will now consider the allegations about arming and equipping of
the SBWS TO and police. In this respect, it will first consider the issue of reliability of
Witness JF-032’s evidence. The Stanišić Defence submits that the witness failed to provide an
explanation for his inconsistent account about the delivery of weapons from Novi Sad and
from Belgrade. 4815 The Trial Chamber notes that when asked about the above, the witness
explained that in other cases he had never been questioned about the involvement of the
Serbian MUP Minister or Stanišić in the arming of the SBWS forces but he thought these
details where perhaps important in the present case. 4816 The Trial Chamber considers this
explanation to be reasonable. Furthermore, the Trial Chamber does not consider that the
above renders his evidence inconsistent.
2257. The Trial Chamber has further considered the evidence of Witness JF-035 about the
arming of people in Borovo Selo by the DB in April 1991, but notes that it refers to the events
which occurred before the formation of the SBWS TO and police. In this respect, the Trial
Chamber has not received evidence indicating that these weapons were subsequently availed
to the TO. Either way, considering that the witness had difficulties explaining the difference
between the SDB and the SJB, 4817 the Trial Chamber will not rely on his evidence in this
respect. In view of the other evidence received, the Trial Chamber observes that the SBWS
police and TO received weapons and uniforms from the MUP depots in Novi Sad and Klisa,
and that instructions on acquiring this equipment came from Stojičić, who also arranged for a
meeting in this respect with Bogunović and Hadžić. The Trial Chamber further considers that
Kertes also arranged for the weapons to be distributed from the Novi Sad police/TO
4815 T. 20401-20402. See also Stanišić Defence Final Trial Brief, 17 December 2012, para. 447, and its
subsequent withdrawal from the allegation that Witness JF-032 only implicated Stanišić in the present trial at T.
20401-20402.
4816 Witness JF-035, T. 4745-4746.
4817 See Witness JF-035, T. 1848-1849.
Case No. IT-03-69-T 808
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