Ex-Bosnia leader Ganic gets bail

A FORMER member of the Bosnian wartime presidency, Ejup Ganic, who was arrested in Britain last week on suspicion of war crimes, was released on bail by the High Court in London yesterday.

Ganic, 64, being held in London's Wandsworth prison, was granted bail by two judges "subject to stringent conditions" the domestic news agency Press Association reported. He was arrested at London's Heathrow Airport on March 1 at the request of Serbian authorities. At the time, British police said he was held under a provisional extradition warrant for alleged "conspiracy to murder with other named people and breach of the Geneva Convention, namely killing wounded soldiers".

Lord Justice Laws said a sum of US$447,600 had been provided as security by a "well-wisher" who was, the court understood, "a lady of substantial means". He was bailed to appear in Westminster Magistrates' Court on April 13.

Under the bail conditions he must live at a specified address in London, which was not disclosed in court. Reuters