He might also try to woo Mr Draskovic back into the corridors of power.

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Markovic was arrested in February on suspicion of orchestrating a 1999 motorway car crash intended to kill then opposition leader Vuk Draskovic.

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Williams turned again to his old trainer Jim McDonnell, and returned to the ring with a low-key first round stoppage of Ratko Draskovic in April.

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Draskovic escaped with minor injuries, but four aides were killed.

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At the time, Vuk Draskovic, the best-known opposition leader, was in Montenegro, where a stand-off continues between westernisers, who dream of detaching the republic from Serbia, and politicians loyal to Belgrade.

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