British officer continues his testimony today in judging Thaci and others

Francis Ludwidgedge, British officer who served in Kosovo, in judging Hashim Thaci and others in Specialised Chambers ( DPSK) in The Hague is continuing its testimony during Wednesday's session.

The same is in the quality of the 14th witness in this court case that has continued to answer the questions of Thaci's defender, lawyer Gregory Kehoe, reports Justice Vow.

Otherwise, the same was answered during yesterday's hearing on the questions of the Specialised Prosecutor's Office and was beginning to answer the questions of attorney Kehoe.

Similarly, the chairman of the court, Judge Charles Smith, has asked the parties and the witness to speak slowly so that it can be translated and kept in order the transcript.

In addition to having been approved by the Specialised Prosecutor's Office (ZPS) for extending the number of words for a prosecutor's request, more words are accepted for defence answers to the SPS request.

Furthermore, the trial panel at the request of the victim's defender has re-sented the public classification of the oral order made at the private hearing for questioning of a witness, where they have ordered editing the victim's name.

Similarly, Z is ordered The SP, which until July 28th, communicates who the next five witnesses are and has ordered the defence to review the time for counter-questioning these five witnesses by August 4th.

The estimated timing for defence could affect the speed of the judicial process, and the exact assessment of counter-questions is important, the judge said.

Proceeding is a oral order regarding objections to the court's questions.

He said the regulation does not foresee the possibility of objections to judicial questions, but that the court can accept such objections that this later be raised to an appeal level.

The amendments should be made in line with the code of professional conduct and the court's order for the development of the judicial process and the appeals ruling regarding judicial questions, Judge Smith said.

Similarly, questions should not be given comments and that the court will decide on objections to judicial questions.

The same one said that the court has estimated that Wessel's defender questions during yesterday have gone beyond proper judicial behavior.

Otherwise, Thaci, Veselin, Selimi and Krasniqi are physically present in the courtroom during today's session.

During the month of April, the trial has begun until the April 3rd session, former President Hashim Thaci, former Prime Ministers Kadri Veselin and Jakup Krasniqi, and after reading the indictment amended by the SPS, were declared innocent of the acts imposed on them.

On April 4th, Thaci's defence, Weselin and Selimi have given the opening word until April 5th Krasniqi's defence has given the opening word.

On April 11th, the presentation of the prosecution's evidence, where the prosecution's first protected witness has given her testimony on April 11th, April 12th, April 13th and April 17th.

On April 17th, the hearing of the second witness, also protected, which has continued to witness on April 18th, April 19th and April 20, where the third witness has ended, and on May 10th has begun giving a fourth witness, whose testimony ended on May 17th.

The fifth witness began witnessing on May 17th and concluded on May 22nd, where the sixth witness, who finished witnessing on May 23rd, began on the same day as the seventh witness.

On June 12th, the eighth witness has begun his testimony, which completed his testimony on June 14th, while on June 15th the testimony of the ninth witness has ended.

On June 19th, the 10th witness testimony was completed, on the day the eleven witness began witnessing, which completed his testimony on June 20th. And on July 10th the witness has begun, the twelfth witness, who has completed the testimony on July 11th, at the hearing where Rrustem Mustafa, former commander of the Llap Operative Zone, began witnessing.

Mustafa has continued giving his testimony at the 12th session 13, 14, 17 and July 18th.

As the 14th witness took turns, Francis Ladwedge, the British officer who served in Kosovo, began witnessing but 18 July.

Otherwise, the Specialised Prosecutor's Office, on September 30th, 2022, has handed over the confirmed amended indictment against Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veselini, Jakup Krasniqi and Rexhep Selimi, which consists of ten points of charges, where the latter are charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity.

On April 29th 2022, the Specialised Prosecutor's Office had handed over a amended indictment to Hashim Thaci, Kadri Wessel, Rexhepi and Jakup Krasniqi, where four indictees have committed war crimes even in Gjilan, Budakov and Semtish.

On November 9th 2020, in their first appearances, Hashim Thaci's Jakup Krasniqi has been declared innocent of the charges placed on them. Wessel has also been declared in his presentation on November 10th, as has Rexhep Selimi on November 11th.

The incident against Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veselin, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi is confirmed on October 26, 2020.