The first hearing before the Appellate Panel of Section II for Organised Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in the case of Dragan Čović and Others has been scheduled for tomorrow, 11 September 2007 in courtroom 6, starting at 10.00am.

On 17 November 2006, the Trial Panel handed down the first instance verdict in this case, finding Dragan Čović guilty of Abuse of office or official authority and sentencing him to five years imprisonment.  The Trial Panel acquitted Dragan Čović, Jozo Ivanković – Lijanović, Slavo Ivanković – Lijanović, Mladen Ivanković – Lijanović, Jerko Ivanković – Lijanović, Mato Tadić, and Zdravko Lučić of the remaining charges in the indictment. 

The above verdict was appealed by the defence counsel for Dragan Čović and the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH.