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Di Stefano tells of links to Saddam, bin Laden, Mugabe and Milosevic

A SELF-STYLED Italian lawyer who became known as the Devil's Advocate has told a court of his links to Robert Mugabe, Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and his friendship with the daughter of Slobodan Milosevic.

Giovanni di Stefano said the late Yugoslav president allowed him to stay in his home, gave him an honorary doctorate of law from Belgrade's university and made him a Yugoslav citizen.

During this time he struck up a relationship with Milosevic's daughter.

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