THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A lawyer for Radovan Karadzic says the former Bosnian Serb leader has expressed "sadness and regret" at the death of veteran U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke.
Peter Robinson told U.N. judges at Karadzic's genocide trial on Tuesday that he had been hoping to call Holbrooke to testify as a witness in the long-running case.
After his surprise arrest on a Belgrade bus in 2008, Karadzic fought to have the indictment against him thrown out by claiming Holbrooke promised him immunity from prosecution in 1996 in exchange for dropping out of public life.
Holbrooke denied ever having cut such a deal and judges rejected the claim, saying that even if it existed — which was never proven — the deal would not be binding on the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal.
Peter Robinson told U.N. judges at Karadzic's genocide trial on Tuesday that he had been hoping to call Holbrooke to testify as a witness in the long-running case.
After his surprise arrest on a Belgrade bus in 2008, Karadzic fought to have the indictment against him thrown out by claiming Holbrooke promised him immunity from prosecution in 1996 in exchange for dropping out of public life.
Holbrooke denied ever having cut such a deal and judges rejected the claim, saying that even if it existed — which was never proven — the deal would not be binding on the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal.
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