Milosevic dismisses genocide claims as ‘unscrupulous lies’

SLOBODAN Milosevic began his long-delayed defence against war crimes charges yesterday, denouncing the accusations as “unscrupulous lies”.

The former Yugoslav president instead blamed Western powers for the Balkan wars of the 1990s.

Milosevic, who is acting as his own lawyer, angrily attacked the UN court for Balkan war crimes as “an illegal institution”.