Ex-Bosnian president granted bail
Former Bosnian president Ejup Ganic was arrested over alleged war crimes
A former Bosnian president who was arrested at Heathrow over war crime allegations has been granted bail by the High Court.
Ejup Ganic, 64, a friend of Baroness Thatcher, was detained at the request of the Serbian government and stands accused of killing wounded Bosnian Serb soldiers in 1992 during the Balkan wars.
Lawyers for the academic say moves to make him face trial in Serbia are politically motivated and his arrest is illegal.
Lord Justice Laws and Mr Justice McCombe, sitting in London, adjourned the bail request last week to give the Serbian authorities more time to put in evidence to back their war crime allegations and oppose bail.
After further legal argument, Lord Justice Laws announced that the court was granting bail. It was granted on what he described as "stringent" conditions.
Giving the decision of the court, Lord Justice Laws remanded Dr Ganic - who is currently being held in Wandsworth prison - on bail to appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on April 13.
The two judges ruled that the "fair course" was to grant Dr Ganic bail "subject to stringent conditions".
Under those conditions set by the court, Dr Ganic has to live at a specified address in London, which was not disclosed in court.
He must not make any application for a passport or travel document.
Lord Justice Laws said that a sum of £300,000 had been provided as security by a "well-wisher" who was, the court understood, "a lady of substantial means". Buckingham University vice-chancellor Dr Terence Kealey had offered a £25,000 bail surety, which was accepted by the court.
