Judges uphold conviction of Serb military chief Ratko Mladic

The ruling means the 79-year-old former general who terrorized Bosnia throughout the war will spend the rest of his life in prison.

U.N. appeals judges on Tuesday upheld the conviction of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic for genocide and other offences during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war and confirmed his life sentence. The ruling means the 79-year-old former general who terrorized Bosnia throughout the war will spend the rest of his life in prison. He is the last major figure from the conflict that ended more than a quarter century ago to face justice. Presiding Judge Prisca Matimba Nyambe of Zambia said the court dismissed Mr. Mladic’s appeal “in its entirety” and affirmed his life sentence. It also rejected an appeal by prosecutors of Mr. Mladic’s acquittal on one other count of genocide linked to ethnic purges early in the war.