A former Bosnian Serb general has been jailed for 20 years for commanding forces which terrorised civilians during the siege of Sarajevo in the 1992-95 Bosnian war. Stanislav Galic is the first person to be tried by the UN tribunal in The Hague exclusively in connection with the siege of the Bosnian capital. Prosecutors said Bosnian Serb forces had plunged the city into a "medieval hell." Residents of the capital were subjected to regular sniper and shell fire between September 1992 and August 1994. The siege claimed 10,500 lives- most victims were Muslims. Sarajevo's main market was hit twice. The second shelling, in the last months of the conflict, killed 66 people and prompted the first NATO air strikes against Bosnian Serb positions. Those who remember the event say Galic's sentence is too lenient. One woman said: "It's really too small. So many people were killed. The Hague Tribunal's become a kind of joke." Another said, "I would give him the death penalty, at least life imprisonment." But another shopper expressed a sense of relief: "I survived all that but my brother was killed. He was a civilian victim shot by a sniper. For me the judges made the right decision." Galic was convicted of murder, inhumane acts and violence intended to spread terror among civilians. **PHOTO CAPTION*** The Hague sentenced Bosnian Serb general Stanislav Galic. (AFP/Continental)