The defence team of Ratko Mladic, Bosnia’s Serb wartime commander and convicted war criminal in the first instance, warned on Thursday The Hague Tribunal of risks of their client “facing a new stroke and heart attack,” the Beta news agency reported.

Branko Lukic, Mladic’s attorney, cited medical records which showed that “more than 50 percent of Mladic’s brain was calcified,” and that the doctors spotted some “degenerative brain disorder.”

Lukic said his client had cardiovascular problems as well.

The lawyer said he was not happy with the Scheveningen’s medical team report which said Mladic suffered occasional heart problems, but nothing that could damage his health

Lukic added the defence team would seek the revision of entire Mladic’s medical record.

Bosnian Serb General Mladic, 77, was sentenced to life imprisonment in the first instance, for the war crimes from 1992-1995, genocide in Srebrenica, persecution of Muslims and Croats across Bosnia and Herzegovina, terror against Sarajevo population with long-time shelling and sniper fire and for taking UN peacekeepers hostage.

The defence has appealed the verdict, and the procedure is underway.