He was charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and given a three-year jail sentence.[1] He was sentenced by the Trial Chamber for failure to prevent or punish the cruel treatment of twelve captured Serb soldiers in the village of Livade and in the Kamenica camp near Zavidovići in July and August 1995 at the hands of the Mujahideen. At the time the general was remanded to the Detention Unit until the end of the appellate proceedings.[2][3]