Croatian wins libel case over wrong ID as Nazi

A Croatian actor has won a British libel suit after a U.K. newspaper wrongly identified him as a Nazi war criminal.


The picture was actually from the 2007 film "The Living and the Dead," in which Jurkovic played the role of an officer in the Croatian fascist movement.

Jurkovic's lawyer Christina Michalos said Friday that she wanted to make clear that her client never committed war crimes and "does not subscribe to any form of Nazi ideology."

The Independent's publisher, which is paying undisclosed damages, apologized for the mistake.