Russian Sailor Denies Slaying Aboard Trawler
<i> Reuters</i>
ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland —
A Russian sailor pleaded not guilty Friday to murdering an officer on board his fishing trawler while in Canadian waters.
Victor Kharsekin, 40, is charged with second-degree murder of engineer Ivan Pedura off Newfoundland last May.
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