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Page last updated at 16:35 GMT, Thursday, 22 October 2009 17:35 UK

Karadzic plans to boycott trial

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Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has told the court at The Hague he intends to boycott the start of his trial on Monday.

Mr Karadzic sent a letter to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), saying his defence was "not ready".

He denies 11 charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, dating back to the Bosnian war.

Peter Biles reports.

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