(ANSA-AP) - THE HAGUE, 20 MAR - United Nations appeals judges
have upheld the convictions of former Bosnian Serb leader
Radovan Karadzic for genocide, war crimes and crimes against
humanity and increased his sentence from 40 years to life
imprisonment.
Karadzic showed almost no reaction as presiding judge Vagn
Joensen of Denmark read out a damning judgment Wednesday that
means the 73-year-old former Bosnian strongman will spend the
rest of his life behind bars. Joensen said the trial chamber was
wrong to impose just a 40-year sentence given what he called the
"sheer scale and systematic cruelty" of his crimes.
Applause broke out in the public gallery as Joensen passed
the new sentence. Separately, the judges rejected a prosecution
appeal against Karadzic's acquittal on a second count of
genocide in the same war. (ANSA-AP).
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