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He soon established a parallel Serb shadow government in the region. This local government helped establish several concentration camps for local Bosniaks and Croats. He faced eight charges in all, ranging from genocide and extermination, to deportation and persecution in the form of destroying local villages as well as mosques and Catholic churches.
He was eventually found guilty of five charges, and acquitted of three counts of genocide.
The court ruled: "Despite the comprehensive pattern of atrocities against non-Serbs in Prijedor, the trial chamber has not found this to be a case of genocide, rather it is a case of persecution, deportation and extermination." He was sentenced to life imprisonment, which was later reduced to forty years through the appeals process.
