Gotovina et al Judgement Volume I - ICTY

38801circumstances the Trial Chamber will not further consider these incidents in relation toCounts 1, 4, 8 and 9 of the Indictment.Strmica978. The Trial Chamber has received relevant evidence with regard to allegeddestruction and plunder in Strmica in Knin municipality primarily through thetestimonies of Manda Rodić, Philip Berikoff, and Witness 136.979. Manda Rodić, a Serb from the hamlet of Mizdrakovac in the village of Strmica,in Knin municipality who was 73 years old in 1995, 3791 testified that approximately halfan hour after the first HV convoy had passed through her hamlet in August 1995, 3792 asecond HV convoy, which she identified by the letter “H” on the vehicles, passed herhouse and stopped in Strmica. 3793 Following that, the witness stated that the HVreturned to her hamlet and set up two command posts. 3794 Eight to ten days later, the HVmoved the command posts from Mizdrakovac, after which she saw men, women, andchildren, in both civilian and military clothing, entering houses and removing items. 3795The witness stated that these men, women, and children were not from her hamlet andthat people from the hamlet reported the looting to the police. 3796 On one occasion uponreturning home, the witness found that her television, two radios, refrigerator, andwashing machine had disappeared, and later that her four lambs, calf, and three sheephad disappeared from her shed. 3797 The witness never reported this to the police as theywere too far away from her home. 3798 The witness testified that before Operation Storm,there were approximately 40 houses in her hamlet, and that during and just afterOperation Storm, approximately 15 of those houses were burned. During and just afterOperation Storm, the witness saw smoke and occasionally houses collapsing. 37993791 P637 (Manda Rodić, witness statement, 22 April 1998), p. 1, para. 1.3792 See chapter 4.1.9 – Jovanka and Stevan Mizdrak (Further Clarification nos 180-181).3793 P637 (Manda Rodić, witness statement, 22 April 1998), paras 3-4, 10.3794 P637 (Manda Rodić, witness statement, 22 April 1998), para. 11.3795 P637 (Manda Rodić, witness statement, 22 April 1998), paras 11-12.3796 P637 (Manda Rodić, witness statement, 22 April 1998), para. 12.3797 P637 (Manda Rodić, witness statement, 22 April 1998), para. 13.3798 P637 (Manda Rodić, witness statement, 22 April 1998), para. 13.3799 P637 (Manda Rodić, witness statement, 22 April 1998), para. 17.514Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `