Proceset gjyqësore në Kosovë për krime të luftës dhe vepra penale ...

A mixed trial chamber of the Prizren District Court opened the trial on 26 November2006 and held 18 main hearings before the judgment was pronounced. Nine prosecutionand two defence witnesses were examined. The public was excluded from the mainhearing.On 15 June 2007, the trial chamber presided over by Judge Lolita Dumlao ordered EsminHamza to a term of imprisonment of four years and minor A.K. to at least two years ina correctional centre.The KPS caseThe municipal prosecutor in Uroševac/Ferizaj instituted proceedings against KPS membersZoran Tasić, Violeta Jovanović, Stojan Jovanović and Slavko Stanković on charges offaking a terrorist attack on their service vehicle, thereby committing the criminal offencesof causing public danger, false reporting and causing damage to others’ property.At the main hearing on 22 January 2007, the Uroševac/Ferizaj Municipal Court refusedjurisdiction ratione loci and referred the case to the Štrpce/Shterpcë Municipal Court.45The Runjeva caseIn a trial lasting from 5 October 2004 to 12 May 2005, an international trial chamber ofthe Priština/Prishtinë District Court, presided over by Judge Martin Karopkin, convictedEjup Runjeva, Rrustem Demi and Enver Axhami of a war crime. Runjeva was sentencedto eight years in prison and Demi and Axhami to six years each. The court held a totalof 57 hearings. It examined 21 witnesses, including 18 for the prosecution (one of thema protected witness), three for the defence, and one expert witness.During the first-instance proceedings, the indictment was represented by InternationalProsecutor Paul Flinn.On 22 March 2007 the Supreme Court of Kosovo heard the counsel’s appeals, its determinationthereon remaining unknown until the end of the year.The Musliu caseIn a proceeding conducted from 10 February to 24 June 2004 before an international trialchamber of the Gnjilane/Gjilan District Court (presided over by Judge Vinod Boolell),Shefqet Musliu, Besim Tahiri and Feriz Qerimi were found guilty of criminal association.Musliu was sentenced to 12 years in prison and Tahiri and Qerimi to five yearseach. Thirteen witnesses, including four protected witnesses, were examined during thetrial. The indictment was represented by International Prosecutor Cecilia Tillada.