Milutinovic acquitted, five others sentenced
26 Feb, 2009 Balkanblog
The Yugoslavia war crimes tribunal acquitted Serbia's ex-president Milan Milutinovic of war crimes. Judge Iain Bonomy said the tribunal was not convinced he made a significant contribution to the "joint criminal enterprise". Milutinovic was cleared on all five counts against him and ordered to be released from detention.
Former Yugoslav deputy prime minister Nikola Sainovic, Yugoslav army general Nebojsa Pavkovic and Serbian police chief Sreten Lukic were each sentenced to 22 years for crimes against humanity. Yugoslav army general Vladimir Lazarevic and chief of general staff Dragoljub Ojdanic were sentenced to 15 years for participating in the deportation ethnic Albanians from Kosovo.