| Milorad Lukovic, the man accused of masterminding the murder of Serbian prime minister Zoran Djindjic last year, appeared in court for the first time since he gave himself up to police. The trial was however adjourned for a month to allow Lukovic, an alleged crime boss better known as Legija, to prepare his defense before entering a plea. Lukovic, a former commander of the Red Berets secret police unit, is on trial along with another 12 suspected crime figures over the assassination of Djindjic, who was gunned down in broad daylight on March 12 last year. Wearing a tattooed rose on his neck and dressed in black shirt and dark gray suit, the 36-year-old Lukovic showed no emotion during his brief appearance in the packed and heavily-guarded Belgrade courtroom. "Honorable court, I would ask you to give me some time to prepare my defense," said Lukovic, who turned himself in to police last week after 14 months in hiding. |