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2022-11-18 Europe

Court Rules On Malaysian Flight, MH17 Shot Down In Ukraine, Jails Three Persons For Life

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Posted by Fred 2022-11-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 A Dutch court on Thursday found three men guilty of the murder of 298 people on board flight MH17, which was shot down by a missile as it flew over Ukraine in 2014.

Russian nationals Igor Girkin, Sergey Dubinskiy and Ukrainian national Leonid Kharchenko were found guilty and given life sentences. The court also ordered them to pay more than €16 million in compensation to the victims.

A fourth suspect, Russian Oleg Pulatov, was acquitted as “no evidence” of his involvement was found.

The judge also ruled that the missile came from the separatist Donetsk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine, saying “the court is of the opinion that MH17 was killed by firing a Buk missile from an agricultural field near Pervomaiskyi.”

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Posted by Bobby 2022-11-18 08:14|| 2022-11-18 08:14|| Front Page Top

#2 ..."None of the defendants ever appeared in court."

So they'll turn themselves in out of respect for the "Rule of Law"?

Posted by Mercutio 2022-11-18 09:25|| 2022-11-18 09:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Trial absentia. Political show trial.

Posted by Dale 2022-11-18 12:52|| 2022-11-18 12:52|| Front Page Top

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