Has Ratko Mladic escaped justice by slipping into decrepitude?

[sandyRoe]

They're saying that's he's suffered a number of strokes and is not fit to stand trial.

[abstibus]

Usual excuse. He's 69 - hardly decrepit.
Perhaps a spell in an NHS hospital ward for the elderly might make him change his mind.

[ludwig]

Let's hope not. Let's also hope that after giving him safe haven for 16 years and then delivering him only when he's unfit for trial, Serbia doesn't think this gives them a ticket into EU membership.

[Gromit]

His extradition hearing was halted because his lawyer said he was in poor health, but HE IS expected to be delivered to the Hague.

I have not seen any reports that he will avoid a trial, though there is a possibility he may escape justice by dying before a verdict is reached.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...world-europe-13570160

[Hopkirk]

He doesn't deserve any sympathy.

Wheel him into court on a hospital bed if necessary.

[ludwig]

Good job he's not going to be tried in Scotland. If he's poorly they'd send him home on compassionate grounds.

[sandyRoe]

Is Holland the proper place to try him? In Srebrenica Dutch troops stood aside as a massacre was planned.

[Sqad]

annemollie....LOL

[craft1948]

Well he's been declared fit for extradition..............

[sandyRoe]

Was it Milosivic who died during his trial?

[DTCwordfan]

Nothing that a dose of Strychnine in his salad wouldnt cure and save us all the cost of lawyers, judges, upkeep, medical bills, protection and all the rest.

[sandyRoe]

Justice might be better served if he was handed over to the widows of some of the people he murdered.