Gotovina et al Judgement Volume I - ICTY

38551looting. 5599 From his many visits, Roberts assessed that there was no SVK militaryequipment or personnel stationed in Gračac. 56001450. In addition to the above evidence, the Trial Chamber has considered evidence ofZdravko Janić, Zoran Cvrk, Dragutin Vurnek, Ivan Herman, John Hill, Dražen Vitez,and P583, all reviewed in chapter 4.2.7 (Gračac town). The Trial Chamber has furtherconsidered P1125 and D970 reviewed in chapter 3.1.1 and 4.4.3 and P1201 reviewed inchapter 4.4.4.1451. The Trial Chamber finds, based in particular on evidence from Sovilj, Gaćeša,Steenbergen, Janić, Repinć, and combat reports D1521 and D1905, that artilleryprojectiles were fired at Gračac town from approximately 5 a.m. on 4 August 1995.Several residents of Gračac testified about their experiences in this regard. According toSteenbergen, between approximately 5 and 7 a.m. on 4 August 1995 there was regularshelling of about two shells per minute, followed by a break and then further shellingbetween approximately 8 and 10 a.m. According to Gaćeša, when leaving Gračacbetween 9:30 and 10 a.m., she avoided certain roads and the centre of town becausethey were being shelled, and she estimated that by then around 100 shells had fallen inGračac. Also according to Gaćeša, from 11 or 11:30 a.m., Gračac was being shelledwith short breaks of about 15 minutes and shelling continued beyond 1 p.m. Accordingto Steenbergen, between 2 and 5 p.m. there were approximately 15 artillery impacts inGračac, and by 6 August 1995 there were between ten and twenty craters around anintersection in Gračac. However, Sovilj testified that he heard approximately 15 shellsfalling on Gračac between 5 a.m. and 4 p.m. on 4 August 1995. From the perspective ofthose firing artillery at Gračac on that day, according to P2385, artillery was fired atGračac at 8:55 and 11:30 a.m., and according to P2436, four 130-millimetre shells werefired at Gračac at 9:55 a.m., five 130-millimetre shells were fired at 11:33 a.m., and at7:20 p.m. eight shells were fired. Turkalj testified that approximately three or fourrounds of 130-millimetre cannon shells were fired upon three targets inside Gračac, andacknowledged that around 15 shells could have fallen on Gračac itself. On the basis ofall this evidence, the Trial Chamber finds that Gračac was shelled intermittentlybetween approximately 5 a.m. and the evening of 4 August 1995. The Trial Chambernotes the significant differences between the various indications of how many shells fell5599 P677 (Alun Roberts, witness statement, 28 February 2007), p. 12, no. 2.5600 P677 (Alun Roberts, witness statement, 28 February 2007), p. 12.764Case No.: IT-06-90-T 15 April 2011 `