Gotovina et al Judgement Volume I - ICTY

38732army, but that they would be withdrawn from Knin in a couple of days, save for soldiersin the barracks who would need special passes to enter the city. 41401141. Based on the evidence, the Trial Chamber finds that a 62-year-old man left theUN compound and returned to his accommodation in Knin on 12 or 13 August 1995where he was beaten by four armed persons referred to as HV soldiers while hisapartment was ransacked. The persons destroyed things in the apartment and stole someof his belongings, although the evidence does not specify what was stolen anddestroyed. The description of these persons as soldiers satisfies the Trial Chamber thatthey wore military-type uniforms. The documentary evidence referred to above does notprovide further details as to the factual basis for the qualification of the persons as HVsoldiers. Consequently, the Trial Chamber cannot assess whether this qualification wasmade on a proper factual basis. However, in this respect the Trial Chamber recalls theevidence underlying its findings in chapter 4.2.9 (Knin town) with regard to allegeddestruction and plunder in Knin town. Based on the foregoing, the Trial Chamber findsthat the persons were members of HV or VP. The Trial Chamber has received noevidence with regard to the ethnicity of the unidentified man. The Trial Chamber willfurther consider this incident in relation to Counts 1, 4, 5, 8, and 9 of the Indictment, inchapters 5.5.2, 5.6.2, 5.7.2, 5.8.2 (d), (f), and (g) below.Predrag Šare1142. The Trial Chamber has received evidence with regard to the alleged ill-treatmentof Predrag Šare primarily through the testimonies of Alun Roberts, John Hill, and AlainForand.1143. Alun Roberts, Press and Information Officer for UN Sector South in Knin frommid-September 1993 until about mid-October 1995, 4141 testified that the UN interpreterPredrag Šare had confessed to the UN in late 1994 that he was an SVK spy, though heclaimed that he had been pressured into it, about which Roberts expressed doubts. 41424140 P21 (Edward Flynn, witness statement, 26-27 February 2008), para. 13; P42 (HRAT daily report, 14August 1995), p. 1.4141 P675 (Alun Roberts, witness statement, 27 August 1997), p. 1, para. 1; P676 (Alun Roberts, witnessstatement, 31 July 1998), p. 1; P677 (Alun Roberts, witness statement, 28 February 2007), pp. 1-2; P678(Alun Roberts, witness statement, 7 February 2008), p. 1, paras 3-4, 6; P680 (Alun Roberts, witnessstatement, 1 July 2008), p. 1.4142 Alun Roberts, T. 7038-7039, 7042-7043; D704 (Letter of the Security Department of the SVK’sGeneral Staff, 14 December 1994); D705 (Letter of the Security Department of the SVK’s General Staff,583Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `