Career
He pleaded guilty to all charges in a bargain and was sentenced to serve eight years in prison, with cr for 716 days as time served. He faced thirteen counts of crimes against humanity and twelve counts of violations of the laws of war. His case was processed along with those of Željko Meakić, Momcilo Gruban, Dušan Fuštar and Duško Knežević and was referred to as "Omarska and Keraterm Camps".
On 28 July 2004, Banović was transferred to France to serve his sentence in a French prison, which he completed and has since been released.