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UN court acquits Serb ultranationalist Seselj of charges

In this Jan. 25, 2003 file photo, Serbian ultranationalist leader, Vojislav Seselj, walks past a photo showing former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, and an Iraqi flag following a rally against the U.S. plans on invasion in Iraq. The judgment in Seselj's case at the U.N. war crimes court is scheduled for Thursday, March 31. (AP Photo/Mikica Petrovic, File)
In this Jan. 25, 2003 file photo, Serbian ultranationalist leader, Vojislav Seselj, walks past a photo showing former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, and an Iraqi flag following a rally against the U.S. plans on invasion in Iraq. The judgment in Seselj's case at the U.N. war crimes court is scheduled for Thursday, March 31. (AP Photo/Mikica Petrovic, File)

By Associated Press 1 min read

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal has acquitted Serbian ultranationalist politician Vojislav Seselj on all nine counts that U.N. prosecutors filed against him in his marathon trial.

Seselj was not present at court in The Hague for the hearing as Presiding Judge Jean-Claude Antonetti said Thursday: “Following this verdict, Vojislav Seselj is now a free man.”

Seselj had been charged with recruiting and arming the Serb paramilitaries blamed for atrocities in Bosnian and Croatia.