Milosevic: Drugs, conspiracy and disarray

Slobodan Milosevic took unprescribed antibiotics that may have worsened his health, a Dutch toxicologist has said, as plans for the former Yugoslav leader’s funeral remained in disarray, conspiracy theories swirled, and his son headed from Russian exile to the Netherlands to retrieve the body of his father.

The assessment by Donald Uges, based on blood tests carried out in recent months, raised questions about security at the prison and echoed past accusations by the trial’s leading attorney that Milosevic repeatedly ignored medical advice and prescribed himself drugs to undermine his war crimes trial.