Unbelievably, his lawyer claimed that the arrest was illegal as Kardzic had been held in custody for three days and should have appeared before a judge on day one. What his lawyer forgot to mention is that this war criminal had spent the last 13 years as a fugitive evading the very justice that he is complaining about. Now that the Serbs have decided to round up these butchers they may soon get around to handing over Mladic - although he is apparently being protected by his army pals.