By Steve Doughty PUBLISHED: 17:02 EST, 2 May 2013 | UPDATED: 17:03 EST, 2 May 2013 European human rights judges are poised to order that millions of pounds be paid to Serbian conscript troops who fought in a war of ethnic cleansing. The soldiers’ claims for pay for their part in the four-month war against Nato and British forces some 14 years ago will be heard by the appeal chamber of the European Court of Human Rights later this month. The decision of the Strasbourg judges to hear pay claims from troops involved in the Kosovo war - described by a UN war crimes court as a ‘criminal enterprise’ - was condemned by Tory MPs as ‘bizarre’ and ‘lunacy’.
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Soldiers fought in 4-month war against Nato and British forces 14 years ago
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Tory MPs condemn Strasbourg judges' decision to hear claims as 'lunacy'
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ECHR held in its initial hearing that Serb conscripts were victims of human rights abuses
The @placeholder conscripts’ case will go to a hearing at the Strasbourg court’s Grand Chamber later this month.