3 convicted in journalist’s death
From Times Wire Reports
A Ukrainian court convicted three former police officers of killing an investigative journalist nearly eight years ago.
Journalist Georgi Gongadze, who crusaded against official corruption, was killed in 2000 and his beheaded body was found in a forest outside Kiev. His head has not been found.
Former officer Mykola Protasov was sentenced to 13 years in jail. Valeriy Kostenko and Oleksandr Popovych each received 12-year sentences.
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