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| Russia's Napoleon scholar confesses to dismembering young lover |
| 2019-11-11 |
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Oleg Sokolov, a 63-year-old history lecturer who received La Belle France's Legion d'Honneur in 2003, was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of murder after he was hauled out of the icy Moika River with a backpack containing a woman's arms. "He had a disarming personality" "He has admitted his guilt," Sokolov's lawyer Alexander Pochuev said, adding he regretted what he had done and was now cooperating with police. Sokolov was reportedly drunk and fell in as he tried to dispose of body parts. After getting rid of the body, he reportedly planned to commit suicide at the Peter and Paul Fortress, one of the former imperial capital's most famous landmarks, dressed as Napoleon. |
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| #1 "... the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce" |
| Posted by: Glaque Gurly-Brown4062 2019-11-11 10:13 |