Gotovina et al Judgement Volume I - ICTY

38853Military Information Officer for UN Sector South who was based in Knin between 21July and 5 September 1995, 3383 testified that at 12:05-12:10 p.m. armed members of the7th Guards Brigade (“Puma”) arrived in tanks at the front gate of the UN compound. 3384Berikoff explained that he identified them with the help of a book published by theCroatian Government which included all the shoulder patches of the Croatian Army. 3385Further corroboration of the arrival of HV forces in Knin was received fromBellerose, 3386 Boucher, 3387 Dangerfield, 3388 Dijkstra, 3389 Liborius, 3390 MarkerHansen, 3391 Marti, 3392 and Mauro. 3393861. On the basis of the evidence in the two preceding paragraphs, the Trial Chamberfinds that the 7th and the 4th Guards Brigades of the HV entered Knin betweenapproximately 10 a.m. and noon on 5 August 1995.862. The Trial Chamber now turns to examine the alleged destruction and plunder inKnin by the Croatian forces on 5 August 1995. Numerous international witnessesprovided relevant evidence, mostly with regard to plunder. Forand testified thatsometime in the late morning of 5 August 1995, he saw HV soldiers going in and out ofstores on the main street, engaged in looting. 3394 Forand told an HV lieutenant-colonel,who informed Forand that he was in charge, that some of his troops had started to loot3383 P739 (Philip Berikoff, witness statement, 24 August 1996), pp. 1-2; P740 (Philip Berikoff, witnessstatement, 21 May 1997), p. 1, paras 1-2; P741 (Philip Berikoff, witness statement, 11 December 2007),p. 1; D284 (Philip Berikoff, witness statement, 26-27 May 1997), pp. 1-2, 45; Philip Berikoff, T. 7589,7655-7656, 7734-7735, 7759-7760, 7768, 7776, 7813, 7823; P748 (Berikoff’s daily journal, 17 July – 6September 1995), pp. 2, 16.3384 P740 (Philip Berikoff, witness statement, 21 May 1997), para. 2 (k); D284 (Philip Berikoff, witnessstatement, 26-27 May 1997), p. 14; D735 (Philip Berikoff, witness statement, 30 August 2008), p. 2;Philip Berikoff, T. 7613, 7643, 7695, 7715, 7717, 7721, 7820; P744 (Report by Robert Williams on thesituation in Sector South between 8 July and 18 August 1995), p. 4; P745 (Chart drawn by Berikoff);P748 (Berikoff’s daily journal, 17 July – 6 September 1995), p. 7.3385 D284 (Philip Berikoff, witness statement, 26-27 May 1997), pp. 16, 20.3386 P546 (Joseph Bellerose, witness statement, 2 November 1999), p. 5.3387 P1177 (Normand Boucher, witness statement, 12 November 1999), para. 48.3388 P695 (Roland Dangerfield, witness statement, 21 December 1995), paras 4-5, 33; Roland Dangerfield,T. 7151, 7218-7219, 7274-7276; P699 (The Fall of the Republic of Serb Krajina, authored by RolandDangerfield, undated), p. 5.3389 P428 (Bert Dijkstra, witness statement, 7 December 1995), p. 3; P429 (Bert Dijkstra, witnessstatement, 12 March 2008), paras 14, 28.3390 P799 (Søren Liborius, witness statement, 2 November 1995), p. 4; Søren Liborius, T. 8264.3391 P1283 (Stig Marker Hansen, witness statement, 18 December 1995), p. 3; P1292 (Stig MarkerHansen, personal diary), pp. 2-3.3392 P415 (Peter Marti, witness statement, 13 February 1996), p. 1; P416 (Peter Marti, witness statement,29 June 1997), p. 3; P417 (Peter Marti, witness statement, 14 December 2007), paras 37-38.3393 P1098 (Maria Teresa Mauro, witness statement, 3 March 2000), p. 3.3394 Alain Forand, T. 4121-4122, 4492-4493; P348 (UNCRO Sector South report, 7 a.m., 6 August 1995),pp. 1-2; P399 (Video and transcript of an interview with Alain Forand), p. 4; D317 (UNCRO SectorSouth update situation report, 5 August 1995), p. 2.462Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `