Former female fighter convicted over 'inhumane' Bosnia war crimes

Bosnia's war crimes court has convicted a former fighter of crimes committed against Bosnian Serb civilians during the country's 1992-95 war.

The sentencing comes a year after Azra Basic was extradited from the US, where she had been hiding for the past 20 years and had become a naturalized citizen.

Basic, a former member of the Croatian and Bosnian Croat armies, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for taking part in "killing and inhumane treatment, infliction of great pain and violation of bodily integrity and health" of imprisoned civilians.

Witnesses said Basic tortured prisoners, carving crosses into their foreheads and forcing them to crawl naked over shards of glass. It's believed she also made a man drink petrol before lighting his hands and face on fire. 

Basic killed at least one man by stabbing him in the neck.

The former fighter left Bosnia in 1994 and settled in the US under an alias. People who knew her in the US described her as "big-hearted" and "a very nice lady".

She was arrested in Kentucky in 2011 and fought extradition until 2016, when a federal judge approved her deportation.