Zoran Vukotic

Kosovo Court Convicts Serb Ex-Policeman of Wartime Rape

Published by Balkan Insight on Mon, 07/05/2021 - 16:46

Pristina Basic Court of Pristina handed down its first-ever conviction for wartime sexual violence, sentencing former Serb policeman Zoran Vukotic to ten years in prison - a verdict that was hailed as a landmark by campaigners.

Vukotic was convicted of committing rape and participating in the expulsions of ethnic Albanian civilians from the town of Vushtrri/Vucitrn on May 22, 1999.