THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A defense lawyer for wartime Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic says the arrest of Ratko Mladic, the top military commander at the time, could become a factor in Karadzic's U.N. war crimes trial.
Attorney Peter Robinson says Karadzic’s case is only about 20 percent completed.
He said judges may decide to try Mladic and Karadzic together.
Robinson told the AP Thursday Karadzic’s defense team must decide whether to continue the trial or to seek a halt and work with Mladic’s defense team.
Karadzic was captured nearly three years ago, in disguise on a bus in the Serbian capital, Belgrade.
He is the highest profile figure brought before the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal since former President Slobodan Milosevic, who died before his trial ended.
