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ICTY rules on Seselj's motion for acquittal
May 4, 2011, 8:27 GMT
The Hague - The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday began announcing its decision on an acquittal motion by the Serbian nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj.
The judge presiding over the three-judge chamber in Seselj's case, Jean-Claude Antonetti, began reading the decision on schedule. He said the chamber reached a split decision and that it would take him hours to go through the 120 pages of the document.
Seselj, 56, filed the motion for acquittal after the prosecution presented its case. He used a possibility offered by the ICTY statute to cut a futile trial short, before the defense gets it turn.
He sought dismissal and damages compensation arguing that no proof was offered that he committed any of the crimes the prosecution alleges against him, including persecution, forcible deportation, torture and murder of non-Serbs in Croatia and Bosnia in early 1990s.
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