Kay, who is due to start questioning the first defence witness in the Milosevic trial tomorrow, has tried to speak to the defendant in the past few days but Milosevic refused, according to the sources.
Milosevic's legal advisor Zdenko Tomanovic confirmed that Milosevic did not want to cooperate with the court assigned counsel, Kay and Gillian Higgins. He said the two had not taken part in the preparation of the defence nor talked to the witnesses.
Tomanovic added Milosevic would not appeal the Hague tribunal's decision to assign him counsel because he does not recognise this court.
The tribunal assigned defence counsel for Milosevic in a bid to make sure that proceedings wrap up within a reasonable time. The decision was made at the recommendation of cardiologists. Over the past two and a half years the trial has been adjourned 14 times due to the defendant's ill-health.
Milosevic has announced more than 1,300 defence witnesses. According to unofficial information, the first to take the stand tomorrow will be Smilja Avramov, a retired professor of international law from Belgrade and member of an international committee for the protection of Milosevic.
The former Yugoslav president has been given 150 days to present his case.